In the first cabinet meeting held in Ayodhya on Thursday, the Yogi Adityanath government gave approval to the formation of Ayodhya Dham Teerth Vikas Parishad, construction of a Temple Museum on 25 acres of land, and the proposal to give the status of international research institute to Ayodhya Research Institute. The cabinet also approved the formation of the Inland Waterway Authority.
“Ayodhya is moving towards a new era. Today, the whole world is getting attracted towards Ayodhya. Keeping this in mind, the Council of Ministers has taken important decisions,” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said while briefing reporters about the cabinet meeting.
He said the cabinet approved the formation of an Inland Waterway Authority.
“Those countries which have waterways have progressed. Even within the country, those states are progressing which have waterways, as it provides export facilities. We are all grateful to Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi who started the country’s first inland waterway between Varanasi and Haldia. The Inland Waterway Authority will help in promoting water transport in Uttar Pradesh. Besides, it will promote water sports, increase tourism facilities and also help in developing Uttar Pradesh as an export hub,” Yogi said.
He added: “There are about 12 rivers in UP having transport potential. These facilities can be developed in all the rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Saryu, Rapti and Gomti. Therefore, this authority will work together with the Government of India and facilities will be developed to supply Uttar Pradesh’s traditional products to the world market.”
Chief Minister Yogi said that keeping in mind the large number of devotees who were going to visit Ayodhya after the construction of a grand Ram temple, a proposal for the formation of Shri Ayodhya Dham Teerth Vikas Parishad had also been passed.
Furthermore, the proposal for the process of formation of Maa Pateshwari Dham Devipatan Teerth Development Council was also passed by the cabinet. Apart from this, the proposal of Shukratirtha Development Council was also passed by the state cabinet, he said, and added: “We all know that in this pilgrimage site located in Muzaffarnagar district, King Parikshit first heard the story of Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran, due to which he attained salvation. Our government has succeeded in bringing the flow of Ganga there and now we are working to take it forward through Tirtha Vikas Parishad.”
About other proposals, Yogi said that the cabinet approved the proposal to give 25 acres of land in Majha Jamthara of Ayodhya for the construction of a temple museum.
“This proposal has been passed so that we can present the history of all the temples, built in different periods, through the Temple Museum,” he said.
The cabinet also decided to give Ayodhya Research Institute the status of an international research institute.
Yogi said that the cabinet also passed the proposal to accord state status to several fairs, including Dwar Dehri Lakhi fair of Braj, held in Hathras in the memory of Dauji Maharaj. Besides all the fairs organised in Ayodhya will have a state fair status so that money will not be an issue in organising such fairs.
The cabinet has also approved the drone policy. Chief Minister Yogi said that drones had become very useful today and were being used in the fields of photography, videography as well as agriculture and security.
“However, there is also a possibility of its misuse hence the state government is implementing a manual for this policy at the state level under the Civil Aviation Act of the Government of India. Under the rules, the activities of drones can also be monitored from the police station level to see how many drones are present there and for what kind of use. Action will also be taken to determine Red, Green and Yellow zones within the state. Red zones are no-fly zones, where no activity can be conducted. In the Yellow Zone, the administration can decide what kind of activity should take place there and what kind should not. Similarly, remaining activities can be conducted in the Green Zone,” Chief Minister Yogi added.
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Winter session
from Nov 28
Ayodhya (PNS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the cabinet had decided to convene the winter session of Uttar Pradesh legislature from November 28.
This will be a short session in which the supplementary demands of the government will be taken up and legislative approval will be taken for some bills.
