Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday inaugurated the Ramayana Wax Museum and a zonal office building, two of the 245 development projects worth over Rs 290 crore in Ayodhya he launched or laid the foundation of.
The temple town is “no longer neglected or disregarded,” he asserted at the event.
Addressing a public gathering, Adityanath said the city has undergone a transformational change and reflects the grandeur of Lord Ram’s kingdom.
The projects inaugurated on Friday include an Integrated Command and Control System, a Traffic Management System, works under the AMRUT scheme, beautification and restoration projects, Smart City initiatives, and the Zonal Office Building. Yogi toured the Ramayana Wax Museum and released the Municipal Corporation’s development booklet at the event.
The Chief Minister recalled the state of Ayodhya in 2017 when he took office. “The city had narrow lanes, heaps of garbage, only five to six hours of electricity supply, and stagnant water at Ram Ki Paidi,” he said.
He said the government initiated Deepotsav celebrations that year, and today lakhs of people participate in the event.
Yogi said the state government has sanctioned projects worth more than Rs 35,000 crore for Ayodhya’s development. He said Ayodhya is now connected through four-lane highways, double railway lines, and an international airport.
He praised the Ramayana Wax Museum, which was built on a Public-Private Partnership model. He also cited the Shivalik Park at Prayagraj, created during the Mahakumbh by a private organisation in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation using scrap materials, as an example of revenue-generating innovation.
Revenue from the park within a month of the Mahakumbh had already exceeded construction costs, Yogi said.
