An expert committee formed by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya will submit its report on December 15 and the construction can start by mid-January next year.
The 8-member team will suggest ways and means for construction of a strong and long-life temple which will be constructed at the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya.
According to sources, Prof VS Raju, former director IIT-Delhi is heading the experts committee while Prof N Gopalakrishnan, Director, CBRI, Roorkee is the convenor. The other members of the committee are Prof. SR Gandhi, Director NIT, Surat, Prof TG Sitamram, Director, IIT Guwahati, Prof B Bhattarcharya, IIT-Delhi, AP Mal, advisor to TCI, Prof Manu Santhanam, IIT-Madras and Prof Pradipta Banerjee from IIT-Mumbai.
The expert team will suggest details of construction and design of the temple on five acres of land and the remaining area of the total 70 acres area would be developed as a Vedic city.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust member said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wanted the parisar (campus) to be developed as a Vedic city.
While attending the recently-held Deepotsav festival in Ayodhya, Yogi Adityanath said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’’s dream to develop Ayodhya as a Vedic Ramayana City.
As per a government spokesperson, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister has said a ‘Navya Ayodhya’ will be developed and the grandest and divine temple of Lord Ram will be the world’s tallest.
The UP government plans to develop Ayodhya as a global city for tourism and will set up a modern sewage treatment plant there to maintain the flow and cleanliness of the Saryu river.