Prime Minister Modi To Visit Varanasi Today, Set To Inaugurate Development Projects Worth Over Rs 6,100 Crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch development projects worth over Rs 6,100 crore during his visit to Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi today (20 October).

At around 2.15 pm, PM Modi will inaugurate the R J Sankara Eye Hospital in Varanasi.

The hospital will offer comprehensive consultations and treatments for various eye conditions.

The Prime Minister will also address the gathering on the occasion.

At around 4.15 pm, he will lay the foundation stone for expansion of airport runway and construction of a new terminal building and allied works of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi worth around Rs 2,870 crore.

He will also lay the foundation stone of New Civil Enclave at Agra airport worth more than Rs 5,70 crore, at Darbhanga airport worth around Rs 910 crore and at Bagdogra airport worth around Rs 1,550 crore.

With the upgrades, the combined passenger handling capacity of these airports will increase to more than 2.3 crore passengers annually.

The designs of these airports are influenced and derived from the common elements of heritage structures of the region, according to a PMO release.

PM Modi will inaugurate phases 2 and 3 of redevelopment of Varanasi Sports Complex worth over Rs 210 crore under Khelo India scheme and the Smart City Mission.

The project aims to create a state-of-the-art sports complex featuring a National Centre of Excellence, players’ hostels, sports science centre, practice fields for various sports, indoor shooting ranges, combat sports arenas among others.

He will also inaugurate 100-bed girls’ and boys’ hostels and a public pavilion at Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Sports Stadium, Lalpur.

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