Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on March 24 on a day long visit, where he will address the One World TB Summit and dedicate and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than Rs 1,780 crore.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the country's first urban transport ropeway. A project for which the people of Kashi have been waiting for a long time.
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India, Modi said, is witnessing a level of infrastructure that was unimaginable a few years ago. He also inaugurated Rs 1,000 crore worth projects of waterway development for UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam, and also opened a Tent City project in Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise, in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi through video conferencing.
PM Modi, today flagged off the world's longest cruise. The Ganga Vilas Cruise, which will travel 27 rivers and 50 tourist places, will take India's river tourism to a new level.
PM Modi virtually flagged off the world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas between Varanasi-Dibrugarh on January 13. Besides, the PM also inaugurated the Tent City at Varanasi and laid the foundation stones for several other inland waterways projects worth more than Rs 1,000cr
PM Modi virtually flagged off the world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas between Varanasi-Dibrugarh on January 13. Besides, the PM also inaugurated the Tent City at Varanasi and laid the foundation stones for several other inland waterways projects worth more than Rs 1,000cr
Ganga Vilas cruise: The 51 days cruise is planned with visits to 50 tourist spots including World Heritage Sites, National Parks, River Ghats, and major cities like Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Guwahati in Assam.
Varanasi is one of the most significant Hindu pilgrimage sites in India. The Ganga Ghat, Kashi Vishvanath temple and Sarnath temple have great cultural significance.
Ganga Vilas cruise: This cruise will go on an adventurous journey for 51 days and pass through Bangladesh for 15 days. Following this, it will go to Dibrugarh through the Brahmaputra river in Assam.
Varanasi bus accident: At least thirteen people were injured following a collision between a passenger bus and a truck on National Highway in Varanasi.
Varanasi house collapse: "The house was of four rooms, four people who were buried due to the collapse of the roof of two rooms have been reduced. A woman named Baby Verma died due to the collapse," said Varanasi District Magistrate S Rajalingam.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, said that the world is evolving at a rapid pace and "India should not be overlooked despite having rich in cultural and historical heritages.
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PM Modi in Varanasi: A total of 75 stalls have been set up in Kashi Tamil Sangamam, which will run till December 16, acting as a bridge between South India and North India through agriculture, culture, literature, music, food, handloom and handicraft, and folk art.
The programme is being organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with other ministries like culture, textiles, railways, tourism, food processing, information and broadcasting, and the Uttar Pradesh government.
Kashi-Tamil Samagam: The Yogi Adityanath-led administration in the state has made an utmost effort to organise the "Kashi-Tamil Samagam" in Varanasi on a grand scale and to introduce the people of Uttar Pradesh to Dravidian culture as well as the culture, cuisine, and music of Tamil Nadu.
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