After renaming Faizabad as Ayodhya, UP government to ban liquor and meat in district
- 4 years ago
Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved renaming of names of Faizabad and Allahabad divisions to Ayodhya and Prayagraj divisions respectively. Moreover, following local seers raised a demand to ban the consumption of non-vegetarian and liquor in the Ayodhya district, the state government is likely to declare the newly renamed district as well as Mathura as the cities of pilgrimage destinations.