PM to launch development works worth over Rs 1800 cr on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple projects over Rs 1,800 crore during visit to his parliamentary constituency on Thursday.
The PM will inaugurate the Akshay Patra Mid Day Meal Kitchen at LT College, Varanasi, which has a capacity of cooking mid day meals for around one lakh students. After this he will visit the International Cooperation and Convention Centre Rudraksh, where he will inaugurate Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam on implementation of the National Education Policy.
At around 4 pm, Modi will reach Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium, Sigra where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth over Rs 1,800 crore.
Official sources said on Wednesday that in the last 8 years, the PM has put a lot of focus on infrastructure development in Varanasi. This has resulted in the transformation of the landscape of the city.
The primary focus of this endeavour has been enhancing ease of living for the people. Taking another step in this direction, during the programme at Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium, Sigra, Modi will inaugurate projects worth over Rs 590 crores. Among these are multiple initiatives under Varanasi Smart City and Urban Projects, including re-development of Namo Ghat in Phase-I along with construction of bathing jetty, conversion of diesel and petrol engines of 500 boats into CNG, redevelopment of Kameshwar Mahadev ward of Old Kashi and over 600 EWS flats constructed in village Harhua, Dasepur, new Vending Zone and urban place prepared under Lahartara-Chowka Ghat Flyover, tourist facility and market complex at Dashashwamedh Ghat and 33/11 KV Substation at Nagwa under IPDS Work Phase-3.
The PM will also inaugurate various road projects including construction of four lane road over bridge (ROB) on Babatpur-Kapsethi-Bhadohi Road, bridge on Varuna river on central jail road, widening of Pindra-Kathiraon Road, widening of Phoolpur-Sindhaura link road, strengthening and construction of 8 rural roads, construction of 7 PMGSY roads and widening of Dharsauna-Sindhaura road.
He will also inaugurate various projects related to improvement of sewerage and water supply in the district. These include rehabilitation of Old Trunk Sewer Line in Varanasi City through trenchless technology, laying of sewer lines, over 25000 sewer house connections in Trans Varuna area, leakage repair works in Sis Varuna area of the city and rural drinking water scheme at Taatepur village.
Various social and education sector related projects to be inaugurated include ITI at Village Mahgaon, Phase-II of Vedic Vigyan Kendra in BHU, Government Girls Home at Ramnagar, Theme Park in Govt and Old Age Women Home at Durgakund.
The PM will inaugurate synthetic athletic track and synthetic basketball court in Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sports Complex, Bada Lalpur and various police and safety fire projects including non-residential police station building at Sindhaura, construction of hostel rooms, barracks in Mirzamurad, Cholapur, Jansa and Kapsethi police stations and building of Fire Extinguisher Centre in Pindra.
To give a fillip to tourism in the region, the PM will lay foundation stone of multiple projects including development work of Sarnath Buddhist Circuit under World Bank aided UP Pro-Poor tourism development project, construction of Paavan Path for Asht Vinakaya, Dwadash Jyotirling Yatra, Asht Bhairaw, Nav Gauri Yatra, Tourism Development work of five stoppages in Panchkosi Parikrama Yatra Marg and Tourism development various wards in Old Kashi.
Modi Minister will inaugurate ‘Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam’ at International Cooperation and Convention Centre ‘Rudraksh’. Shiksha Samagam is being organised by the Ministry of Education from 7 to 9 July.
It will provide a platform to eminent academicians, policy makers and academic leaders to deliberate and share their experiences and to discuss the roadmap for effective implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The event is being organised as part of capacity building of more than 300 Academic, Administrative and Institutional Leaders from Universities (Central, State, Deemed, Private), Institutes of National Importance (IIT, IIM, NIT, IISER) from all over the country.
Various stakeholders would present progress of implementation of NEP in their respective institutions and would also share noteworthy implementation strategies, best practices and success stories.
During the three day Shiksha Samagam, panel discussions on nine themes identified for Higher Education under NEP 2020 will be conducted. These themes are Multidisciplinary and Holistic Education; Skill Development and Employability, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Capacity Building of Teachers for Quality Education, Quality, Ranking and Accreditation, Digital Empowerment and Online Education, Equitable and Inclusive Education, Indian Knowledge System and Internationalisation of Higher Education.

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