Pink stones are being sent from Mirzapur to Ayodhya for the construction of the Ram temple. Speaking to The Daily Guardian, Mirzapur DM Praveen Kumar said, “18-19 thousand stones will be sent from Mirzapur for the construction of the Ram temple. Today, 27 stones have been sent in the first consignment. We will take 8-10 months for this work.”
There is a need of 19,000 pink pillars in the Ram temple of Ayodhya, four feet long and two feet wide. Apart from this, square pink stones are needed for the pathway. DM Praveen Kumar further said that first, four feet long and two feet wide pillars will be supplied. After this, other stones will be supplied as per the requirement. The supply of these stones will be completed in seven to eight months.
Last month, speaking to The Daily Guardian, Champat Rai, general secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust, said that three different types of stones would be used in the construction of the Ram temple. Different stones will be used in the base plinth of the temple, the spire including the temple and the walls, in which the base plinth of the temple will be made of 4 lakh cubic stones of Mirzapur and the stone of Banshi Pahar Pur of Rajasthan will be used for the construction of the temple.
The Daily Guardian is the first newspaper which has brought exclusive pictures and videos of Ram temple construction to its readers. At the same time, there are elaborate security arrangements in the Ram temple complex. The premises are being monitored 24 hours a day. For this, watch towers and CCTV cameras have been installed, so that the construction and surrounding activities are monitored at all times.
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. Six layers of building material mixture have been placed one on top of the other over the foundation land spread across 2.77 acres.
The work of about 8 feet, i.e. 9 layers, has been completed. And the filling of the 10th layer has also been done which will now be compacted. The Ram Janmabhoomi complex in Ayodhya is of 70 acres of land, but at present, the construction work is going on in 5 acres of land. The work of filling the foundation with engineering field material is being done by digging 400 feet long, 300 feet wide and 40 feet deep.