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Ayodhya's Ram temple to be ready by October 31; landscaping by January 1; campus to feature 20 key elements, points of interest
The Ram temple in Ayodhya is on track for completion by October, with the surrounding 70-acre compound expected to be ready with landscaping by January 1st
AYODHYA: The construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be completed by October while the temple's 70-acre wide compound will be ready in its green avatar latest by January 1next year.
Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai said that construction of the temple will be done by October 31. The landscaping work of the temple, to be taken up by GMR, is expected to begin in the first week of November.
Vinod Mehta, project director, Larsen and Toubro construction team, said that all the milestones pertaining to the completion of the temple are going to be achieved by October 31.
Temple campus to have 20 elements & points of interest
'Post that, L&T will start the process of pulling out from the project.
Whatever has been defined in our scope of work would be achieved by then. That is what we are targeting at present,' said Mehta on Friday.
According to officials involved with the construction work and with the Ram temple project, the landscaping work would take six to eight weeks for completion.
'With the help of the latest technology, the land filling and landscaping work should not take a lot of time. And people visiting the temple would be able to enjoy their time in the gardens and green space.
The temple trust would chart out which areas are going to be opened for the devotees later,' said an officer.
Meanwhile, Champat Rai said that construction of the boundary wall is going to take at least 10 to 12 months for completion. 'The parkota wall will be ready in four months. We all are focusing on the completion of the parkota. Once parkota work is over, scaffolding and heavy machines are going to be taken out in a phased manner from the premises,' said Rai.
For now, the temple trust is in talks with the administration to finalise its strategy to allow the movement of the devotees on the first floor where Ram Darbar has been established. Due to availability of limited space for the movement of the visitors through the staircase, the temple trust is yet to open the first floor for the devotees.
More than 20 different elements and points of interest are going to be developed in the Ram temple compound in a phased manner, said a senior office-bearer of the trust.
