Varanasi(UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his second visit to his parliamentary constituency after the 2019 elections, will inaugurate over 26 projects reportedly worth Rs 1500 crores.
The projects include a 430-bed super speciality centre for AIIMS equivalent Institute of Medical Sciences- Banaras Hindu University and expanding of Chowkaghat Lehartara flyover.
Modi will also lay the foundation of several projects worth Rs 208 crore at a programme to be held at DDU Trade Facilitation Centre in Lalpur area. A statue of BJP ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay worth Rs 6.50 crore will be unveiled before the inauguration.
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According to officials, the Prime Minister will also participate in the closing ceremony of the 38-day Veerashaiva Mahakumbha at Jangambadi Math in the city.
He is also expected to release a translated version of the epic 'Siddhanta Shikhamani' in 19 languages.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be inaugurating the extended Chowkaghat-Lehartara flyover, a long-awaited project that would bring major relief on busy Andhrapul and Englishialine crossing. Moreover, Anna-kshetra of Kashi Vishwanath temple, 200-bed barrack at police lines, ITI at Rajatalab and 15 newly-constructed roads are also among the projects to be inaugurated.