Varanasi: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than Rs 1,500 crore in Varanasi on Thursday, July 15. Notably, Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of PM Modi.

Ahead of his arrival at Varanasi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed ‘heartfelt gratitude’ to the Prime Minister for all-round development of the state. The Prime Minister will inaugurate an international cooperation and convention centre in Sigra area -- Rudraksh that will offer a glimpse of the cultural richness of the city.

As many as 108 Rudraksh have been installed at this convention centre and its roof is shaped like a Shiva Linga. The centre will provide opportunities for social and cultural interactions between people at the international convention centre in the city. He will also inaugurate a 100-bed MCH wing in BHU hospital. The project aims to make quality healthcare easily accessible to the people of Kashi and surrounding areas.

The PM will inaugurate various public projects and works, including a 100-bed MCH wing in BHU, multi-level parking at Godauliya, Ro-Ro Vessels for tourism development on River Ganga, and a three-lane flyover bridge on the Varanasi-Ghazipur Highway.

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