Aatmja Kumari(Intern Journalist): Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust and Temple Construction Committee have constituted a committee of eight-member technical experts to review and recommend the foundation design for the temple. The purpose of forming the committee is to construct the temple for the longest duration with the highest quality keeping in view various geotechnical suggestions. Now, this committee will give its report on 15 December. After this, a decision will be taken to start the work of the foundation of the temple.

It is worth noting that in the Ram Mandir complex, where the foundation is to be dug, there is brown sand being found 200 feet below the ground. To overcome this, a committee of top engineers from across the country was formed, which is busy preparing the final design of the foundation. This committee will submit its report before Ram Mandir Nirman Samiti chairman Nripendra Mishra on 15 December. After this, a decision will be taken on when the foundation work of the Ram temple will start.

In the meeting of the construction committee in Ayodhya recently, the design of the foundation of the engineers of L&T and Tata Consultancy could not be agreed upon. All technical experts had different suggestions about this. In view of this, the committee has formed a committee of all engineers.

Experts from across the country in committee 1. Prof. VS Raju: Former Director, IIT Delhi: Chairman 2. Prof. N. Gopalakrishnan: Director, CBRI, Roorkee: Conveyor 3. Prof. SR Gandhi: Director, NIT, Surat: Member 4. Prof. TG Sitaram: Director, IIT, Guwahati: Member 5. Prof. B. Bhattacharjee: Emeritus-Professor, IIT, Delhi: Member 6. AP Mull: Consultant TCE: Member 7. Prof. Manu Santhanam: IIT, Madras: Member 8. Prof. Pradeepta Banerjee: IIT, Mumbai: Member