The Ram Mandir construction committee is likely to begin the Ram Mandir foundation work after December 15, when engineers and technical experts deliver their reports related to the temple’s founding to the committee.
The two-day meeting of the Ram Mandir construction committee ended Tuesday. Nripendra Misra, chair of the committee, was in Ayodhya to chair the meeting.
Swami Govind Dev Giri Maharaj, treasurer of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust, said: “The construction work on the Parkota (surrounding wall) of the temple will also start later this month.”
“The two-day meeting (December 7-8) has been fruitful and important decisions were made regarding the Ram Mandir construction works,” he added. Giri will oversee the development of a 65-acre site on the Ram Janmabhoomi campus where the temple will be built.
Trial work for the Ram Mandir building blocks is almost complete. Technical experts from Larsen and Toubro, IIT Chennai and Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, among others, are analyzing the results of these tests.
Trust wants to accelerate the work in progress to lay the foundations that were delayed due to the pandemic. On September 11 of this year, the trust had begun piling work to test the foundation pillars. About 1,200 pillars will be placed 100 feet below the surface to prepare the foundation for the temple. In technical terms, this process is called stacking.
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Twelve foundation piers have been extensively tested for strength and durability, and the results are being analyzed by experts at IIT Madras, Larsen and Toubro and Tata Consulting Engineers Limited.
Architect Ashish Sompura, engineers from Larsen and Toubro, Tata Consulting Engineers and Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, among others, were present at the meeting.
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