PM Modi launches development projects worth ₹13,000 crore in Varanasi today

Modi also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple road projects, including the four-laning of the Ghargra-Bridge-Varanasi section of National Highway 233 and the four-laning of the Sultanpur-Varanasi section of National Highway 56.

To provide impetus to industrial development in the region, he also inaugurated an HPCL LPG bottling plant in Sewapuri, Banas Kashi Sankul milk processing unit at UPSIDA Agro Park Karkhiyaon, various infrastructure work at the UPSIDA Agro Park, Karkhiyaon, and silk fabric printing common facility centre for weavers.

For the famous textiles sector of Varanasi, Modi laid the foundation stone of a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Varanasi. It will strengthen the education and training infrastructure of the sector, the PMO said.

Augmenting the health infrastructure in Varanasi, the prime minister laid the foundation stone of a new medical college. He also laid the foundation stone of the National Centre of Ageing at Banaras Hindu University.

The prime minister also inaugurated the Sigra Sports Stadium Phase-1 and District Rifle Shooting Range.

At the Sant Guru Ravidas Janmasthali temple at Seer Govardhanpur near the Banaras Hindu University, the prime minister inaugurated a newly-installed statue of Sant Ravidas in the adjoining Ravidas Park.

He inaugurated various development works around Sant Ravidas Janmasthali, worth about ₹32 crore, and laid the foundation stone for Sant Ravidas Museum and beautification of the park, worth about ₹62 crore, the statement said.