PM Modi Gifts Mega Development Projects Worth Over ₹12,100 Crore To Varanasi

The Prime Minister's Office has released a statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, on July 7. 

During this, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for various development projects, the value of which is estimated to be more than ₹12,100 crore. In addition to this, the Prime Minister will also dedicate three railway lines that have been electrified at a cost exceeding ₹990 crore to the nation. 

As per the announcement by the PMO, Modi will inaugurate the Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Junction-Son Nagar railway line, which is part of the dedicated freight corridor. This new railway line, which aims to enhance the efficiency and speed of goods transportation, was constructed at a cost of over ₹6,760 crore. 

Additionally, PM Modi will dedicate three electrified railway lines, namely Ghazipur city-Aunrihar, Aunrihar-Jaunpur, and Bhatni-Aunrihar lines, which have been electrified at a cost exceeding ₹990 crore. With this, there seems to be 100% electrification of railway lines in Uttar Pradesh. 

The PM will also dedicate the four-lane widening of the Varanasi-Jaunpur section of NH-56 to the public for easier and faster travel between Varanasi and Lucknow. The completion of this project was carried out at a cost of over ₹2,750 crore.

 

Some of the other projects that are scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi include the construction and renovation of 18 PWD roads, PAC (Bhullanpur), fire station (Pindra), the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) - Vocational Training Centre in Karsara village, an international girls' hostel on the BHU campus, residential buildings and amenities at Sindhaura police station and government residential school (Tarsada), and the Economic Offences Research Organization building.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the sewer line from Mohan Katra to Konia Ghat and a modern septage management system in Ramna village. Other projects include a cow dung-based biogas plant at the NDDB Milk plant in Ramnagar, the installation of 30 double-sided backlit LED unipoles and a unique floating changing rooms jetty at Dashashwamedh Ghat to facilitate the bathing of devotees in the Ganga.

The foundation stones for several projects will also be laid during the visit. These include the construction of three two-lane rails over bridges near Chaukhandi, Kadipur, and Hardattapur railway stations, the construction of the Vyasnagar-Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Junction rail flyover, and the construction and renovation of 15 PWD roads. The total cost of these projects is estimated to be around ₹780 crore.

Additionally, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stones for 192 rural drinking water schemes, which will be constructed under the Jal Jeevan Mission at a cost exceeding ₹550 crore. These water schemes will provide them with access to pure drinking water. 

Furthermore, the foundation stones for the redesigning and redevelopment of Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats will also be laid with an aim to enhance public conveniences, waiting areas, wood storage, and waste disposal facilities, and introduce eco-friendly cremation pyres at these important ghats in Varanasi.

Among other projects, the foundation stones for floating changing room jetties will be laid at six religiously significant bathing ghats along the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi. These jetties will be modelled after the one at Dashashwamedh Ghat, providing similar facilities for the devotees. 

In addition to these, the foundation stone for the construction of a student hostel on the CIPET campus in Karsara will also be laid during the visit.

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