PM Modi to inaugurate multiple projects of over ₹3,880 crore in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday. “Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various development projects worth over ₹ 3,880 crore in Varanasi. Furthermore, he will lay the foundation stone for a road bridge between Varanasi Ring Road and Sarnath, flyovers at Bhikharipur and Manduadih crossings of the city and a highway underpass road tunnel on NH-31 at the Varanasi International Airport worth over ₹980 crore,” reads a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. “Prime Minister will also inaugurate the redevelopment of Samne Ghat and Shastri Ghat at Ganga River, 130 rural drinking water schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission worth over ₹345 crore, improvement of six municipal wards of Varanasi and landscaping and sculpture installations at various sites of Varanasi,” the official statement added. PM Modi asks officials to take strict action in gang-rape case Immediately after landing in Varanasi, the Prime Minister received a detailed briefing by the police commissioner, divisional commissioner and district magistrate on the alleged gang-rape of a young woman in his constituency and asked officials to take the strictest possible action against those involved,” according to a Uttar Pradesh Government statement.