The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday decided to rename the Faizabad Junction to Ayodhya Cantt railways station, chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office announced in a tweet. “UPCM Shri@myogiadityanath has decided to rename Faizabad railway junction as Ayodhya Cantt,” a tweet stated.
In another tweet, the CM’s office said the Centre granted its consent to the decision, and Adityanath has given a green signal to issue a notification in this regard.
However, Suresh Kumar Sapra, divisional railway manager (DRM), Lucknow Division, Northern Railways (NR), said the department is yet to receive a notification on the matter.