PM Modi to launch projects worth Rs 487 crore on August 5 in Ayodhya

The Prime Minister is visiting the temple town to lay the foundation of the Lord Ram temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is expected to visit Ayodhya on August 5 to lay the foundation of Lord Ram temple, will also launch development, tourism and infrastructure projects totalling Rs 487 crore during his brief visit to the temple town.

While projects worth more than Rs 161 crore would be inaugurated by the PM, others worth nearly Rs 326 crore would witness their foundation-laying in Ayodhya.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, the projects proposed to be inaugurated next month pertain to the health, tourism and transport departments. They include civil and development works in the local government hospital costing Rs