The Centre on Sunday debunked a claim on social media that the boundary wall of the recently inaugurated Ayodhya Dham railway station has collapsed. The Fact Check unit of the Press Information Bureau flagged the post as misleading and clarified that the collapsed part was not part of the new station infrastructure but belonged to the old station area.
The PIB further stated that the wall had collapsed due to excavation work by a private person and water logging in a private area.
"A video claims that boundary wall of recently inaugurated new Ayodhya Dham railway station has collapsed," said the PIB's Fact Check unit in a post on social media platform X.
"The boundary wall shown in video was part of old station," it said, adding, "The wall collapsed due to excavation work by a private person & water logging in a private area."
The purported video of the incident had been widely shared on social media and drew strong reactions from politicians and the public who expressed concerns about the quality of public infrastructure. Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue and accused the saffron party and its allies of neglect and corruption.
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The Congress also attacked the BJP saying it committed "corruption even in Lord Ram's Ayodhya. "This broken boundary wall is exposing the corruption of BJP. It is clear - do not expect quality and guarantee in BJP's corruption model," said the grand old party in a post on X.
The redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Railway Junction was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30, 2023, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram Temple on January 22 this year.