Pursuing the Hindutva agenda, Yogi Adityanath government has directed District Magistrates of 10 districts to identify public land for the annual cultural event of Ramlila in their respective district and take measures for the demarcation of the land by constructing a boundary wall. The orders issued by the Cultural Affairs department have been issued to districts of Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Varanasi, Chitrakoot, Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Firozabad.
The land for the Ramlila should be identified as per the revenue records and as per the established traditions and conventions. The District Magistrates have been asked to submit the project report for the implementation of the scheme for the Ramlila grounds.
The wall around the Ramlila ground will be 6-8 feet high and mural paintings will be there on the wall so that the entire campus can be developed as Ramayana campus,” said the order. Special emphasis has been laid on the construction of gates of the Ram Lila ground where they will be named after Ayodhya, Chitrakoot, Mithila, Janakpur and Panchvati.
The stage on the Ramlila ground will be constructed in consultations with the Ramlila committees and may be named as Ayodhya, Lanka and Chitrakoot. In each Ramlila ground, a green room, storeroom and toilet will be constructed for the facility of artistes. The proposed facilities for the Ram Lila ground also include drinking water facility and installation of the transformer for the uninterrupted power supply.