Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the cultural relationship has gone beyond the political bond between India and Nepal with the beginning of a new bus service between Janakpur (Nepal) and Ayodhya.
Yogi welcomed the passengers of the maiden bus trip which reached Ramkatha Park on the banks of Saryu river at Ayodhya on Saturday morning and addressed to a gathering. Several of Yogi’s Cabinet colleagues and senior officers were present at the ceremony.
lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off the new bus service between the two historial and religious places, Yogi said, “The PM has given a new face to the cultural tie between the two countries building a strong relationship. There have been several PMs but none gave a thought to the bus service.
Modi has done what no one could ever think off,” the CM said.
“The bus service will strengthen our cultural ties with the Himalayan State as the two towns symbolized strong relationship between two kings — Dashrath and Janak. People have changed over the years but our cultural link has only strengthened and gone beyond political bond,” he said.
Welcoming the guests from Nepal, Yogi said that they would have a glimpse of the cultural importance of Ayodhya. He also said that several developmental programmes have been initiated at Ayodhya while Ramjanki road is being laid between Ayodhya and Janakpur.
“We have laid the foundation of projects worth `133 crores during Deep Utsav function last Deepawali.
Ram Janki road will not only strengthen our cultural ties but also boost trade between both countries as the travel time will be shortened by half,” he said.
The passengers of Janakpur- Ayodhya bus service were also gifted with Ramayana written in Nepali language.
A report from Gorakhpur said that the Janakpur- Ayodhya bus was given a warm welcome at Gorakhpur when it reached there on Friday night.
Minister of state for Home ( Nepal government) Saroj Kumar Singh Kushawaha, who travelled in the bus told reporters that PM Narendra Modi has strengthened the ties between both countries. “Modi has removed all dust that had tried to obstruct relationship between India and Nepal,” the Nepalese minister said.
At Gorakhpur, the two buses carrying 66 passengers, mostly officials and political leaders of Nepal, stayed at Circuit House at night after reaching there around 11.30 pm. The bus left for Ayodhya around 7 am on Saturday.
Meanwhile Adityanath also inspected on-going projects at `Ram Ki Paidi’and directed for completion the beautification and other renovation work at earliest.
He asked the officials to ensure adequate and free flow of water on all the ghats of the Saryu including Ram Ki Paidi.
Chief Minister directed the officials that all the projects of beautification of Ayodhya involving over `133 crore must be completed by October this year without making any compromise on quality of work. later talking to media persons, Adityanath claimed that all the nullahs falling in Saryu river will be diverted and water treatment plant will be installed at earliest in order to make the river water clean. later Adityanath left for Gorakhpur.