New Delhi: A digitally created photograph of a plush railway station is being circulated on several social media platforms, with the false claim that it is the look of the revamped under-construction Ayodhya railway station. The original photo is on the cover page of a 2009 report by the Indian Railways.
Several users shared the image on microblogging site Twitter, with different captions. One called the new station akin to Paris, while another said the station could be confused for one in the US, China or Japan. The tweets received 709 and 534 retweets, respectively.
ये है आयोध्या का रेलवे स्टेशन और कितना विकास चाहिये आप लोगो को पेरिस जैसा दिख रहा है 😎😎😎 pic.twitter.com/TLQfPCUPbE
— Sujeet Singh Gahlot Kanpur💯%FB (@GahlotKanpur) September 19, 2021
मेरा देश बदल रहा है आगे बढ़ रहा है
आप सोच रहे होंगे की यह रेलवे स्टेशन अमेरिका चीन या जापान का होगा पर
नही दोस्तों यह है हमारे आराध्य देव भगवान श्री राम जी की जन्म स्थली अयोध्या का रेलवे स्टेशन है जो बहुत शीघ्र ही देश को समर्पित होने वाला है…!!😊👌 pic.twitter.com/Zj76LfO70Q— नायक महेश चौहान (@Mahesh__Chouhan) September 20, 2021
Some others have shared about the “development” on Facebook as well.
A decade-old photo
The 2009 report, on the Railways Vision for 2020, was presented to the Parliament by then railways minister Mamata Banerjee.
“Vision 2020 aims at considerably enhancing the Indian Railways’ contribution to the national goal of achieving double-digit GDP growth rate on a sustainable basis,” the report had said.
Earlier this month, the construction of the revamped railway station in the Uttar Pradesh town of Ayodhya was inspected by a parliamentary standing committee. According to Divisional Railway Manager S.K. Sapra, 70 per cent of phase one of the project, which is scheduled to be ready by year-end, is complete.
According to a PTI report, the railway station has been modelled on the Ram temple being built in the town. The station will have 10 platforms.
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