U.P. govt renames Faizabad station as Ayodhya Cantt

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.