Donations for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya are estimated to have crossed Rs 2,500 crore and construction is likely to be completed in three years.
Addressing the media, Ramjanmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust chairman Champat Rai on Saturday said that the construction will commence from April and as per banks’ estimations till February 4, the
donations have crossed Rs 2,500 crore and house-to-house visits for donations have been stopped.
Now only online donations will be received, Rai said adding that 10 crore households in 4 lakh villages had been approached by 9 lakh volunteers in the past 45 days during the fund collection drive.
“Four lakh cubic stones will be used to complete construction within 3 years. While construction has not begun, the improvement of land for the foundation will start in April.
Around Rs 2,500 cr have been received till 4th of March, but can’t confirm the figures. We have reached 10 crore households with 9 lakh workers. The campaign is over doesn’t mean that dedication towards God is over. Visit our website which has all the details of bank accounts and one can contribute accordingly.”
He also said that a lot of responses were received from North East States and Southern States.
To a query, Rai said that donations from Rajasthan are expected to be bigger than Uttar Pradesh.
From Arunachal Pradesh donations are estimated to have crossed Rs 4.5 crore, followed by Rs 2 crore from Manipur. As per the press release issued by VHP, Rs.85 crore has been received from Tamil Nadu and Rs 13 crore from Kerala.