Yogi Govt To Develop Online Integrated Temple Information System
Lucknow, May 18: The Uttar Pradesh Government is set to develop an Integrated Temple Information System online consisting of description, details and history of all the temples of the state as well as their route maps for the convenience of the tourists.
The Department of Religious Affairs has already informed the Managing Director of the UP Electronics Corporation regarding sanctioning of rupees one crore for the purpose, which would be released by the Finance Department soon.
An official spokesman said the corporation is likely to develop the software and upload above mentioned details about the temples in the next six months. Notably, the Department of Religious Affairs has proposed Rs 1,000 crore budget for the departmental works in the financial year 2022-23, against 32.52 crore spent in 2017-18 and Rs 614.88 crore in 2021-22.
In the next 100 days, the government proposes to work on the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Supplementary Project.
The department also plans to operate the Kailash Mansarovar Bhawan in Ghaziabad and work on construction of the second phase of Vedic Science Centre at the cost of Rs 934.46 lakh.
The government also plans to constitute a board in the next couple of years for implementation of welfare schemes for elderly saints and priests.
The Yogi 2.0 Government also has an elaborate infrastructural plan for Ayodhya in the next five years. The Government will be building main roads of Ayodhya including Bhakti Path at the cost of Rs 63.46 crore and Ram Janmabhoomi Path (a four-lane 7 kilometer road from Sahadat Ganj to Sugreev Fort Road) at the cost of Rs 35.07 crore. It will also be carrying out widening and strengthening of Ram Path (Sahadatganj Naya Ghat Road) at the cost of Rs 1080 crore.
The government has plans worth crores of rupees for the beautification of Machharhatta locality and Tedhi Bazar localities as well as Ram Gulela Temple in Ayodhya and construction of two-storey parking at Aminaganj. The Yogi Government granted rupees one lakh per pilgrim to Mansarovar in 2017 and Rs 20,000 per pilgrim to Sindhu Darshan. As many as 1,225 pilgrims benefited from the government’s scheme for Mansarovar visit in 2021-22. The government also built Kailash Mansarovar Bhawan in Ghaziabad at the cost of Rs 118 crore and set up Vedic Science Centre in Varanasi. The Government also set up a directorate of the Department of Religious Affairs in 2021.
