PM Modi inaugurates redeveloped Ayodhya railway station

Ayodhya (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Phase I of the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station – known as Ayodhya Dham junction railway station – and flag off new Amrit Bharat and Vande Bharat trains. He also dedicated several other railway projects to the nation. Modi arrived in Ayodhya to a warm reception by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

Modi's visit to Ayodhya comes weeks before the grand consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22.

He is also scheduled to



inaugurate the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham airport on Satuday. Modi will also participate in a public programme during which he will inaugurate, delicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than ₹15,000 crore in the state.

These include projects worth about ₹11,100 crore for the development of Ayodhya and its surrounding areas and projects worth about ₹4,600 crore related to other projects across Uttar Pradesh.