NEW DELHI: The construction committee of Ram Temple at Ayodhya is set to approve the building technique to be used for the project soon for quick commencement of the work. The Ram Temple is scheduled for completion in 2023. Sources said the committee under Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to PM Narendra Modi, will choose between two options suggested by a panel of experts from top technical institutions.
The panel of experts, led by professor V S Raju, former director of IIT, Delhi, is learnt to have recommended two options. One is for use of vibro stone columns to support rafts on which stones can be placed. Vibro stone columns or aggregate piers are an array of crushed stone pillars placed with a vibrating tool into the soil below a proposed structure. This method of ground improvement is also called vibro replacement.
The temple will be constructed by Larson and Toubro at a cost of about Rs 300-400 crore.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will launch one of the biggest fundraising campaigns on January 14 for the construction of the Ayodhya Ram temple, covering half of the country’s population.
The Trust, which is facilitating the construction, said nearly 4 lakh volunteers will cover 55 crore people (11 crore families) in 5 lakh villages during the whirlwind campaign of 44 days ending on February 27, the first day of holy bath in the Kumbh Mela.
“People will be made aware of the historical significance of the Janmabhoomi movement. The Trust has envisaged that just as crores of Rambhakts contributed for the freedom of Ram Janmabhoomi, the temple shall also be built with their voluntary contributions,” read a tweet by the Trust. The families will also be given photos of the proposed Ram temple model.