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State government approves Rs 640 crore for Ayodhya airport project

The project aims to develop an airstrip and put Ayodhya on the international tourism map, boosting the temple town's economy and generating employment.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses an election rally in support of the BJP candidates for the Rajasthan State Assembly elections, in Ajmer. (Photo:PTI)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Feb 14 2019 | 8:21 PM IST

The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has approved Rs 640 crore for an airport in Ayodhya, where the party has promised to build a “grand” statute of Lord Ram.

The project aims to develop an airstrip and put Ayodhya on the international tourism map, boosting the temple town’s economy and generating employment.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet on Tuesday also allowed Ayodhya’s district magistrate to release Rs 200 crore towards land acquisition on mutual agreement basis. The government had allocated Rs 200 crore for the project in its 2019-2020 budget on February 7.

The cabinet authorised Adityanath to take the

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