CISF gives security consultancy for Ram temple, submits 1st draft report

March 15, 2022 20:34

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The Union home ministry has deputed CISF to provide comprehensive security consultancy to the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya, officials said on Tuesday.

The development came after the Uttar Pradesh government sought the services of the Central Industrial Security Force's anti-sabotage security experts to work in tandem with the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, the body entrusted with the construction of the temple, from the construction stage itself.

"The UP government sent a proposal to the MHA seeking the services of the CISF consultancy wing for the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya two months back. The state government desired that CISF experts are engaged in formulating all security aspects for the project right from the beginning," a senior security officer said.

The CISF recently submitted the first draft report of the project to the UP government, he said.

The state government will bear the cost of the consultancy services rendered by the CISF that should be around 18.75 lakh, the officer said.

A team of experts, led by a senior commandant rank officer of the CISF, has been camping in Ayodhya for the last few months for the project, another officer said.

"The CISF consultancy team has advised the temple trust and its office bearers about all the physical and gadget-based security requirements that need to be incorporated during the construction and after the structure is ready," the official said.

"It has also provided inputs to keep the temple complex safe from fire and other hazardous accidents apart from recommending an overall anti-sabotage plan," the officer said.

The temple trust had said in January that the third phase of the construction of the temple, including the plinth work, has begun and is expected to be completed by May.

"The construction work of the temple is progressing according to the plan, and by December 2023, devotees will be able to get the opportunity of Lord Shri Ram's darshan," the trust had said. -- PTI

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