Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described as commendable the efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government in combating the COVID-19 crisis.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will inaugurate the Varanasi International Cooperation and Convention Centre, built by financial assistance from Japan, by planting a Rudraksh plant on its premises.
Officials said the objective of the project is to provide opportunities for social and cultural interactions between people at the international convention centre in Varanasi that would strengthen the city's competitiveness by developing its tourism sector.
Ahead of his visit to Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared details of many projects he will inaugurate there and asserted that his government's vision is to build quality infrastructure in the holy city for the coming generations.
PM Modi is scheduled to visit Varanasi on July 15 and lay the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth over Rs 1,500 crore there and would also virtually launch a newly-built five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station and a host of other big-ticket projects on July 16.
The prime minister will first go to Kashi Vishwanath temple and offer prayers and then head to the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. He is also expected to inaugurate the Rudraksh Convention Centre in Sigra that has been built with help from Japan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi on 15 July, when he will inaugurate and lay the foundation for several projects. This will be his first trip to his constituency this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to gift 65 new projects worth Rs 421.54 crore to the people of Varanasi, which is his parliamentary constituency, on his next visit to the holy city. The new gifts from the Prime Minister include a Central Institute for Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on July 15 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 1,500 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on Thursday. He will gift 65 new projects worth Rs 421.54 crore to the people of Kashi. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier visit Varanasi to review details of all completed and ongoing projects. He inspected 'Rudraksh', the International Convention Centre, constructed with a budget of Rs 186 crore as a symbol of India-Japan friendship.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on Thursday. He will gift 65 new projects worth Rs 421.54 crore to the people of Kashi. The new gifts from the Prime Minister include a Central Institute for Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET). Altogether, 75 projects worth over Rs 736 crore are awaiting inauguration in Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Varanasi on Thursday. He won elections from Varanasi in 2014 and retained the seat in 2019.
Though the final date of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi visit has not yet been finalised, official sources said that he could visit his constituency later this month.
The Commerce Ministry had recently stated that the country's export of agricultural and allied products in 2020-21 grew by 17.34 per cent to USD 41.25 billion, and this growth momentum is expected to be sustained in the current fiscal as well.
Vegetable prices have shot up since few days in parts of Varanasi.
Varanasi received light showers on morning of June 17.
The Manikarnika Ghat is being expanded with 18 more pyre frames on three platforms as death counts due to Covid refuses to subside.
COVID fear disappeared as people rushed to vegetable market in Varanasi on June 09.
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