PM Modi to visit Varanasi on Thursday, will launch multiple projects
New
Delhi,
July
13:
Prime
Minister
will
visit
Varanasi
on
July
15
and
inaugurate
and
lay
the
foundation
stones
of
multiple
development
projects
worth
over
Rs
1,500
crore
there.
Modi''s
visit
to
his
Lok
Sabha
constituency
in
Uttar
Pradesh
comes
as
political
activities
gather
pace
in
the
BJP-ruled
state
which
goes
to
the
assembly
polls
early
next
year.
In a statement, the PMO said that Modi will inaugurate various public projects and works, including a 100 bed MCH wing in BHU, multi-level parking at Godauliya, Ro-Ro Vessels for tourism development on river Ganga and three-lane flyover bridge on the Varanasi-Ghazipur Highway.
Projects worth around Rs 744 crore will be inaugurated. He will also lay the foundation stones of several projects and public works worth around Rs 839 crore.
These include the Centre for Skill and Technical Support of Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), 143 rural projects under Jal Jeevan Mission and mango and vegetable integrated pack house in Karkhiyanv.
Modi will also inaugurate the International Cooperation and Convention Centre - Rudrakash, which has been constructed with Japanese assistance, the PMO said.
Thereafter, he will inspect the Maternal and Child Health Wing, BHU. He will also meet with officials and medical professionals to review the measures taken to combat Covid.