Lights worth 50 lakhs stolen from Rampath in Ayodhya
#News Bureau August 14,2024
About 4,000 bamboo lights and 36 projector lights worth more than Rs 50 lakh were stolen from Bhakti Path and Ram Path located in the high security area of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Police have registered an FIR on this theft. Police said that the FIR was registered at Ram Janmabhoomi police station on Tuesday after a complaint on August 9 by the representative of Yash Enterprises and Krishna Automobiles, the company that installed the lights under the contract given by the Ayodhya Development Authority.
Prime Minister Modi had done Pran Pratishtha in Ram temple on January 22 and in a way he inaugurated it. Its foundation stone was also laid by Modi. Ram temple was opened to the public in January itself. Recently, when it rained heavily in Ayodhya, water started dripping from the roof of Ram temple. During the same time, the grand Rampath built at a cost of several crores broke down at many places and potholes appeared in it. Now reports of theft are coming.
Company official Shekhar Sharma said in a complaint to the police, “6,400 bamboo lights were installed on Rampath and 96 projector lights were installed on Bhakti Path. Till March 19, all the lights were there but after inspection on May 9, it was found that some lights were missing.” Sharma said, so far about 3,800 bamboo lights and 36 projector lights have been stolen by some unknown thieves.
After the Ram Mandir Pratishtha ceremony held on January 22 in Ayodhya, the city is developing rapidly. The land here has become expensive and food items are also being sold expensive. The latest controversy regarding the land had just come to the fore. It was said in the media report that there is an army firing zone near the Ram temple and there are buffer lands in between. That is, there is a ban on selling those lands. But the government changed its land use. The lands of the buffer zone have been bought by the companies of Adani, Yoga Guru Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
