Five years on, UP govt but to allot land in Ayodhya for price range resort: IRCTC official

Jun 19, 2025 05:16 PM IST Five years on, UP govt but to allot land in Ayodhya for price range resort: IRCTC official New Delhi, The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has been ready for nearly 5 years for a chunk of land from the Uttar Pradesh authorities to open a price range resort for pilgrims in Ayodhya close to the railway station or bus depot, a senior official mentioned. Five years on, UP govt but to allot land in Ayodhya for price range resort: IRCTC official “The Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad allotted land to various other entities but we even after being a public sector undertaking under the Railway ministry working in the field of hospitality and tourism failed to impress upon the state government,” the IRCTC official mentioned. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary’s workplace did not reply to an e mail ship by PTI. The company wrote to Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, the then chief secretary, for the primary time on September 3, 2020 across the time when it was growing the Ayodhya Railway Station for the pilgrims. It had urged the federal government then to “allot land on payment basis near the railway/bus station building” to arrange one price range resort/dormitory to cater to the wants of pilgrims visiting the holy metropolis of Ayodhya. A 12 months later, on September 8, 2021, IRCTC’s CMD wrote one other letter to the federal government requesting “to expedite the allotment of land on payment basis near railway/bus station of Ayodhya so that IRCTC can go ahead with setting up its hotel accordingly”. The letter added that the matter was mentioned with the authorities involved and “it was informed that land pool is available in Uttar Pradesh for railway projects including promotion of tourism in the state”. The IRCTC additionally connected with its letter a advice from the Deputy Resident Commissioner who had additional written to Executive Superintendent of Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad to do the needful. However, no land pool was ever recognized for allotment. The Corporation despatched a number of reminders to the Chief Secretary and wrote separate letters to the Principal Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Vice Chairman of Ayodhya Development Authority however all in useless. “With the objective of providing inexpensive but all inclusive accommodation and ancillary services to the tourists visiting the city, IRCTC is committed to develop a budget hotel property at a strategic location in the city,” a letter dated Sept 7, 2022 from Rajni Hasija, the then IRCTC CMD addressed to Uttar Pradesh chief secretary, mentioned. It added, “The property besides offering accommodation to the tourists will also enhance the opportunity for employment of the local people in the organized sector.” IRCTC officers mentioned that they’ve stopped pursuing the matter now hoping that it’s going to not yield any optimistic outcomes. This article was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content.