Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone for 13 new projects worth Rs 1,200 crore in Kashi in July 2022.
He will also inaugurate around 33 ready projects of Rs 600 crore. Among 33 ready projects of around Rs 600 crore, maximum 11 are of urban development department being executed by Smart City.
These 11 projects include Phase-I work of Namo Ghat, bathing jetty, CNG boats, urban placemaking and infrastructure development under Lehartara-Chowkaghat flyover, market complex at Dashaswamedh and sewage projects.
Apart from this, 22 projects of PWD, home department including new police station building, sports, electricity, higher education, women and child welfare, tourism, religious affairs and Jal Shakti departments have been included.
Foundation will be laid for six-lane conversion of Lehartara-BHU-Vijaya crossing worth Rs 242 crore, four-lane widening and strengthening of Kutchehari-Sandada road of over Rs 242 crore, and four-lane widening of the road from Pandeypur flyover to ring road, among others.