Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

PM Modi to unveil a slew of projects in Varanasi today

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VARANASI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address followers of Sant Ravidas and attend a series of programmes, including a public rally, in his parliament­ary constituen­cy, Varanasi, on Tuesday.

Modi will also gift developmen­t schemes worth Rs 3,382 crore to the city. He will inaugurate schemes worth Rs 3,167 crore and lay the foundation stones of projects worth Rs 214 crore. This is Modi’s second visit to Varanasi within a month.

Modi will visit Sant Ravidas Temple in Seer Goverdhanp­ur area to participat­e in Sant Ravidas Jayanti celebratio­ns. He will offer prayers to Sant Ravidas and will call on Sant Niranjan Das.

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address followers of Sant Ravidas and attend a series of programmes, including a public rally in Varanasi, on Tuesday.

Modi will also gift developmen­t schemes worth ₹3,382 crore to the city. He will inaugurate schemes worth ₹3,167 crore and lay the foundation stones of projects worth ₹ 214 crore. This is Modi’s second visit to Varanasi within a month.

Modi will visit Sant Ravidas Temple in Seer Area to participat­e in celebratio­ns. He will offer prayers to Sant Ravidas .

He will lay the foundation stone of developmen­t works worth ₹90 crore to be carried out at Seer Goverdhan, the birthplace of Sant Ravidas, under the PRASAD scheme, to encourage tourism in the area. A total of 39 projects will be inaugurate­d and the foundation stone of eight others will be laid.

District magistrate Surendra Singh said, “All preparatio­ns for the visit of PM Modi have been completed.”

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