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PM Modi Today in Varanasi
Varanasi: The Kashi Vishwanath corridor, a mega project to facilitate tourism by connecting an iconic temple to river banks, is the Key highlight of PM Narendra Modi's 2 day trip to his constituency in UP, one of the five states voting next year.
The visit will also see the PM taking a cruise and witnessing the famous evening aarti in Varanasi.
The Kashi Vishwanath Dham is being built at the cost of ? 339 crore which plans to provide new infrastructure near the temple and the iconic Dashashwamedh Ghat ahead of the assembly polls in UP.
On Monday, Varanasi was decorated with flowers and flags and a red carpet from the Kashi Vishwanath temple to the river marked the new planned tourist places. 23 buildings will be inaugurated in Phase One of the project. Several Posters were put up near the temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas -praising the PM Modi for "realising the resl vision of this project".
Here is the PM's schedule for today:
10.10 am to 10.40 am: Lands in Varanasi
12 to 12.10 pm: Prayers at Kal Bhairav temple
1-1.20 pm: Darshan at Kashi Vishwanath Temple
1.20 -2.30 pm: Inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath corridor
2.30-3.50 pm: Roadshow and drive-through inspection of the buildings in Kashi
3.50 pm: PM leaves for Guesthouse
6 pm -8.30 pm: PM offers prayers at Ganga Ghat and attends Ganga aarti.
PM Narendra Modi will also attend the meeting to take stock of development work in his constituency.
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