Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate projects worth over Rs 600 crore in Varanasi during his proposed visit to his parliamentary constituency on Aug 2. He will also lay the foundation for many projects worth over Rs 1,650 crore.The projects to be inaugurated include the Sowa Rigpa Medical College located in the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies campus in Sarnath and the Varanasi-Bhadohi 4-lane road. Modi’s public meeting venue, from where he would inaugurate the projects, has been selected at Kalikadham in Sevapuri assembly constituency. Busy finalising the list of the projects for inauguration and for the launch, divisional commissioner S Rajalingam, informed TOI on Tuesday, “The list of the ready projects is long. Major big-budget projects include the Varanasi-Bhadohi four-lane road of over Rs 270 crore, the Sowa Rigpa Medical College of about Rs 93 crore, a blue astroturf hockey field at BR Ambedkar Stadium in Lalpur area, and the Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s office building at Teliabagh. So far, the list comprises projects of almost Rs 600 crore.”Among the projects for which PM Modi will lay the foundation, he said the major one is the project for restructuring and reforming the power infrastructure of the city with a budget of approximately Rs 800 crore. This will include revamping hanging wires, bamboo poles, and many more works. Apart from others, a project for establishing a museum at Munshi Premchand’s house and road construction works are also being included. The total cost of projects in both the is approximately Rs 2,258 crore, he said. The district administration has also increased monitoring of the preparations being made for the PM Modi’s public meeting at Kalikadham in Sevapuri area. On Monday evening, district magistrate Satyendra took stock of the progress in the work, including levelling of fields, stage construction, parking, and the helipad area. He asked that all link roads leading to the public meeting venue must be repaired.The officials started work after seeking no-objection from the owners of fields selected for the public meeting venue. Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries, who took stock of the area on Sunday evening, started holding meetings to assign the responsibilities for different works, including mobilising people for their participation and other arrangements, said BJP Kashi regional unit president Dilip Patel.
