Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,100 crore during his visit here on July 7. All these projects will be launched at a public meeting to be held at Wajidpur on Harhua-Sarnath Ring Road. Meanwhile, preparations are going on in full swing at Wajidpur and all other places where the PM will visit during his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency. Top administrative and police officers visited the site apart from senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to see the arrangements at Wajidpur on Wednesday.Just a day ago the place was also inspected by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
According to the district administration, Outdoor Broadcast (OB) van of any electronic channel will not be installed in the public meeting programme of the PM at Wajidpur. Along with this, the entire programme venue will be declared as no flying zone. No one will be able to fly a drone etc here. Strict legal action will be taken against anyone flying a drone etc despite being a no flying zone.
Modi will dedicate Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Junction - Son Nagar railway line of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). Built at a cost of more Rs 6,760 crore, the new line will facilitate faster and efficient movement of goods. The PM will also dedicate to the nation three railway lines whose electrification or doubling works have been completed at a cost of more than Rs 990 crore. These include Ghazipur city - Aunrihar rail line, Aunrihar- Jaunpur rail line and Bhatni- Aunrihar rail line. This will mark the completion of 100 per cent electrification of railway lines in Uttar Pradesh.
The PM will also dedicate to the nation the four-lane widening of Varanasi-Jaunpur section of NH-56, which has been completed at a cost of more than Rs 2,750 crore, making travel from Varanasi to Lucknow easier and faster. Among the multiple projects in Varanasi that will be inaugurated by the PM are construction and renovation of 18 PWD roads; International Girls Hostel building constructed on BHU campus; Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), an vocational training centre at Karsara village; Residential buildings and amenities in police station Sindhaura, PAC Bhullanpur, Fire station Pindra and Government residential school Tarsada; Economic Offences Research Organisation building; Sewer line from Mohan Katra to Konia Ghat and a modern sewage management system in village Ramna; 30 double-sided backlit LED unipoles; a cow dung-based bio-gas plant at NDDB Milk plant Ramnagar; and a unique floating changing rooms jetty at Dashashwamedh ghat which will facilitate the bathing of devotees in river Ganga.
The projects whose foundation stone will be laid by Modi include construction of 3 two-lane rail over bridge (ROB) near Chaukhandi, Kadipur and Hardattpur railway stations; Construction of Vyasnagar-Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Junction rail flyover; and construction and renovation of 15 PWD roads. These projects will be developed at a cumulative cost of about Rs 780 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone of 192 rural drinking water schemes, to be built at a cost of more than Rs 550 crore, under the Jal Jeevan Mission. It will provide pure drinking water to 7 lakh people in 192 villages. Besides, Modi will also lay the foundation stone of redesigning and redevelopment of Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats. The redevelopment ghats will have provision of public conveniences, waiting areas, wood storage, waste disposal and eco friendly cremation pyres. Other projects whose foundation stones will be laid include floating changing room jetties at six religiously significant bathing ghats on river Ganga in Varanasi on the lines of floating changing room jetties of Dashashwamedh Ghat and construction of students hostel at CIPET campus Karsara.
During the programme, the PM will also distribute the loans of PM SVANidhi, keys of PMAY Rural houses and Ayushman Bharat cards to the beneficiaries in UP. This will kickstart the Grih Pravesh of 5 lakh PMAY beneficiaries, distribution of 1.25 lakh PM SVANidhi loans to eligible beneficiaries and distribution of 2.88 crore Ayushman cards.