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Swarajya Staff
Jul 15, 2021, 11:53 AM | Updated 11:53 AM IST
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate multiple important infrastructure projects in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Thursday (15 July).
The PM will reportedly launch a three-lane flyover bridge on the Varanasi-Ghazipur Highway, a multi-level parking at Godauliya, expedite tourism development on River Ganga by initiating the Ro-Ro vessels services and also a 100-bed maternal and child healthcare wing in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
The 70-year-old will lay the foundation stones of multiple public works projects worth about Rs 839 crore.
The Prime Minister landed in Varanasi a short while ago. He received at the airport by UP Governor Smt. @anandibenpatel, CM Shri @myogiadityanath and other dignitaries as well as officials. pic.twitter.com/DmwyAwL9tN
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 15, 2021
This will include around 143 rural projects under the Jal Jeevan Mission along with an integrated packhouse for mangoes and vegetables in Karkhiyanv along with a Centre for Skill and Technical Support of Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET).
Furthermore, PM Modi is also likely to set into motion additional projects that will amount to too around Rs 744 crore.
Being the MP of the constituency, the BJP supremo will also hold meetings with the medical professionals and officials in order to review the Covid-19 pandemic situation over there.
The International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudrakash will also be unveiled by the PM soon after his arrival at around 12:15 PM, Financial Express reports.