Ayodhya gets bigger with 41 more villages within its ambit

LUCKNOW: The Ayodhya Municipal Corporation limits are set to expand with the state government stating that urbanisation of areas around it, leading to unauthorised development, required immediate attention.
The proposal, cleared by the state cabinet on Monday, will allow for inclusion of 41 revenue villages under the present corporation limits.
Similarly, the Gorakhpur municipal limits will also be expanded by including 31 revenue villages.Araji Roondh, also known as Shri Ram Colony, will be added to the Firozabad municipal limits. Padrauna nagar palika in Kushinagar district will also be expanded by bringing 31 villages under it.
Meanwhile, 16 villages and kasbas will be elevated to nagar panchayats. These include gram panchayat Banda in Shahjahanpur district; Payagpur gram panchayat in Bahraich district; Badhni Chafa village, Kasba Etwah and Bharat Bhari in Siddharthnagar district; Dehgawan gram panchayat in Budaun district; Kasba Musanagar in Kanpur Dehat district; Eth gram panchayat in Jalaun district; Chaumukh village in Gorakhpur district; Lohta village in Varanasi district; Fazilnagar village and Dudahi village in Kushinagar district, Daranagar Kadadham in Kaushambi district, Gaighat in Basti district; Nawabganj village in Farrukhabad district, and Makhanpur village in Firozabad district.
Four nagar panchayats — Azmatgarh nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district; Banki nagar panchayat in Barabanki district; Mehrauni nagar panchayat in Lalitput district, and Babhanan Bazaar in Basti district — will also be expanded.