Uttar Pradesh: Ram Mandir Construction In Full Swing, To Be Completed Before 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

The Ram Janam Bhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has said that from the month of December, the second phase of construction work will begin.

Uttar Pradesh Tableaux shows Ram Mandir model. (File Photo/ Getty)

Ayodhya: The much-awaited construction of Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya will be completed by 2024. According to reports, foundation laying work at the Ram Janambhoomi temple will be completed by October, this year, post which the construction of the first floor will start. 

It must be noted that the country will conduct Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

The Ram Janam Bhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has said that from the month of December, the second phase of construction work will begin which includes fixing of stones to create the structure of the upcoming grand temple.

The trust also said that work on base plinth will start with pink stones of Mirzapur and an order has been placed. Stones from other states including Rajasthan will also be used. The stones will be cut and shaped in the premises of Ram Janmabhoomi. 

About 50 layers of 10-inch thick mixture of building material will be laid in about 50-feet deep foundation measuring 400 feet long and 300 feet wide.

An excavation of 40 feet in the ground has been done to strengthen the foundation of the Ram temple. Now the work of laying concrete layers is going on at the site.

So far 4 layers have been laid one on top of the other. The length of these layers is 400 feet and width is 300 feet. A layer which is about 12 inches thick is laid, it is laid and pressed with a roller. When this layer remains 10 inches by pressing 2 inches, then the second layer is laid.

When asked about completion of temple construction, trust's General Secretary Champat Rai said that target is to complete the construction by 2024 and to cope up with slowdown in work caused due to Covid curbs, work is in progress in two shifts of 18-20 hours. 

Rai also said that about 50 layers of 10-inch thick mixture of building material will be laid in about 50-feet deep foundation measuring 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. He also said that experts from the National Geo Research Institute of Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have been assisting in the construction of the temple.

The construction committee of temple would meet at Ayodhya on June 13 & 14 in which the progress would be reviewed.