Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of various projects totaling over Rs 13,000 crore in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi.
As per an official statement, the projects include multiple roads, a cooking gas bottling plant, a milk processing unit, and a common facility centre for silk fabric printing for weavers.
Modi laid the foundation stone for a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), aiming to bolster Varanasi’s textile sector. PM also laid the foundation of a new medical college and the National Centre of Ageing at Banaras Hindu University.
Modi inaugurated the Sigra Sports Stadium Phase-1 and District Rifle Shooting Range. He inaugurated various development works around Sant Ravidas Janmasthali worth about Rs 32 crore, and laid the foundation stone of Sant Ravidas Museum.
Earlier in the day, the prime minister inaugurated a statue of Sant Ravidas and participated in his 647th birth anniversary celebrations. He also interacted with the winners of the Sansad Sanskrit Pratiyogita at the Banaras Hindu University.
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