On July 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Varanasi, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple development initiatives worth over Rs 1,800 crore.
Schedule of PM Modi’s visit to Varanasi
At around 2 pm, the prime minister 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.
At around 2:45 pm, Prime Minister Modi will visit the International Cooperation and Convention Centre Rudraksh, where he will inaugurate ‘Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam’ on the implementation of the National Education Policy, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
Thereafter, at around 4 pm, the prime minister 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, it said.
Social and education sector related projects to be inaugurated
Various social and education sector related projects to be inaugurated include ITI at Village Mahgaon, Phase-II of ‘Vedic Vigyan Kendra’ in Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Government Girls Home at Ramnagar, Theme Park in Government Old Age Women Home at Durgakund.
According to the statement, the prime minister will dedicate the synthetic basketball court and athletic track at the Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sports Complex in Bada Lalpur, as well as a number of police and fire safety projects, including the construction of a non-residential police station in Sindhaura, dormitories and barracks at the police stations in Mirzamurad, Cholapur, Jansa, and Kapsethi, and a fire extinguisher centre in Pindra.
Lay foundation of redevelopment works of sports stadium
According to the announcement, the prime minister will also lay the cornerstone for Phase 1 of construction on the Sigra sports stadium. Additionally, he will open the International Cooperation and Convention Center Rudraksh’s ‘Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam.’ From July 7 to 9, the Ministry of Education will host Shiksha Samagam.
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, institutes of national importance (IIT, IIM, NIT, IISER) from all over the country.
