VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi, his parliamentary seat, on December 23, just ten days after laying the foundation stone for the Kashi Vishwanath Dham project.

At a public meeting on December 23 in Karkhiyao, near the Varanasi-Jaunpur border, the Prime Minister would dedicate 13 ready projects totaling Rs 853 crore and lay the foundation for other projects totalling Rs 681 crore.

Deepak Agrawal, the Divisional Commissioner, stated: "There are 13 projects ready for the Prime Minister to dedicate to the nation, and he will lay the foundation for two road expansion projects. The overall value of ready projects is Rs 853 crore, with a total investment of Rs 681.8 crore for road widening."

Redevelopment of old Kashi wards, including Kal Bhairav, Raj Mandir, Dashashwamedh, Jangambari, and Gadhawasi Tola phase-1 (Rs 66 crore), installation of advanced surveillance cameras at 720 sites throughout the city (Rs 128 crore), redevelopment of Beniabagh Park and construction of surface parking (Rs 90.4 crore), urban revitalisation of road and junction improvement project (Rs 25 crore), development and beautification (Rs 161.3 crore).

Other projects in this list are construction of Inter-University Centre for Teacher Education at BHU, community hall and toilet block at the birthplace of Sant Ravidas in Seer Goverdhanpur,  nurses and a 'dharmshala' at Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre, BHU,  160 residential flats in Jodhpur colony of BHU, seed breeding facility under International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centres campus, 13 residential houses in government Industrial Training Institute in Karaudi area and new building of Centre for Teacher Education at Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath.

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