Varanasi: The renovation work at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi was hit by controversy on Saturday. Wrongness has erupted among the people without the historic platform and the statue of Ahilyabai Holkar were tangibly demolished by a bulldozer during the renovation work.
What was the issue?
A political storm has been raging for the past 6-7 days over the redevelopment work underway at Manikarnika Ghat in Kashi. Pictures of warmed-over structures stuff demolished by JCBs have heated up the undercurrent wideness Uttar Pradesh and the unshortened country.
What did Yogi Adityanath say?
Speaking at the printing conference, the Chief Minister said that some people are trying to defame Kashi.
“I remember, when the work on Kashi Vishwanath started, a conspiracy was hatched versus it. Even today, the same people are defaming Kashi and spreading ravages by posting pictures of wrenched idols on social media and spreading the lie that idols are stuff broken. There can be no worthier lie than this. Today, Kashi has received a new global identity. The Prime Minister has unchangingly spoken well-nigh the need to preserve Kashi's warmed-over heritage while moreover presenting it in a new form to the country and the world,” he said.
"Kashi is eternal. Every Indian has immense reverence for Kashi, but Kashi did not receive the respect it deserved in self-sustaining India. The comprehensive minutiae program that should have been implemented immediately without independence did not receive the importance it deserved. In the last 11-11.5 years, Kashi has once then been preserving and promoting its spiritual and cultural heritage, and is moreover reaching new heights through physical minutiae projects,” he added.
“It is our good fortune that Prime Minister Modi represents Kashi in the country's Parliament. From the very beginning, he has said that while preserving Kashi's warmed-over form, it should be presented to the country and the world in a new form, and accordingly, projects for Kashi were launched in the last 11-11.5 years.”
Yogi Adityanath moreover highlighted the minutiae work in Varanasi, which, he personal as reverted the pilgrimage experience.
“Projects worth increasingly than 55,000 crore have been sanctioned for Kashi, of which projects worth 36,000 crore have been inaugurated, and the remaining projects are progressing rapidly. Surpassing 2014 or surpassing the construction of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, the number of devotees visiting daily ranged from 5,000 to only 25,000. Today, in the same Kashi, 1.25 lakh to 1.50 lakh devotees visit daily... Kashi vacated has unsalaried 1.3 lakh crore to the country's GDP," he said.
"Today, 50,000 devotees can visit the Kashi Vishwanath Dham at the same time. All these changes have been seen in Kashi; new hospitals have opened in Kashi. Today, there are new employment opportunities for the youth in Kashi," the CM added.
What did the Varanasi municipality say?
In view of the wrongness among the people regarding the subversiveness work at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi Additional Municipal Commissioner Sangam Lal clarified the matter. He said that no idol has been damaged.
According to the Additional Municipal Commissioner, these were structures carved into the wall, which have been safely removed and placed at Namo Ghat. He said that the work at Manikarnika Ghat is stuff washed-up in four phases and this project is based on the G 1 model. The wardship has unpreventable that an towardly visualization will be taken regarding the reinstallation of these idols in the future.
What is the opposition’s stand on the issue?
Meanwhile, the opposition (SP, Congress) is alleging that centuries-old idols, expressly the statue of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, have been wrenched in the name of development. Following continuous attacks from the opposition, the Mayor of Varanasi and the local BJP MLA visited Manikarnika Ghat and clarified that no temple has been wrenched and the idols have been preserved. They said that the statue will be reinstalled as soon as the construction work is completed. In addition, the Kashi Vidwat Parishad has moreover appealed to the people not to spread misinformation.
