‘VIRASAT’ ‘ VIKAS’ IN KASHI!

Moni Sharma ropeway project is estimated to cost over `645 crore l 5 stations will facilitate ease of movement for tourists and pilgirms l Ropeway project will be available with facilities like l For a 55 million litres per day sewage treatment plant at Bhagwanpur at an estimated cost of `300 cr l Phase 2 and Phase 3 redevelopment work of Sigra Stadium l 59 drinking water

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of a passenger ropeway from Varanasi Cantonment station to Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, besides launching and inaugurating 27 other development projects worth `1,780 crore. He went on to recount development works undertaken in holy city over last 8-9 years, saying speed with which “Banaras is developing, now time has come to give it a new pace”. “Today Varanasi has several projects, from clean water, education and rejuvenation of Ganga, to sports facilities,” PM added. Modi dedicated over 19 drinking water schemes that will benefit 3 lakh people in 63 panchayats under the JJM.

Uttar Pradesh is rising from the earlier hopelessness towards a State of hope and aspiration under the Yogi Adityanath government.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister parking, food etc l Floating jetty will soon be constructed for devotees and tourists and will increase attraction here l Air connectivity will also be enhanced by establishing an ATC tower schemes under the JJM l LPG bottling plant at Isarwar village, to be built by the HPCL Ltd l Various health projects including Primary Health Care centres will come up in Bharthara village

Drugs free society, a prerequisite for developed India: Amit Shah

First India Bureau Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday attended NCB’s Regional Conference on Drug Trafficking & National Security for Southern States/UTs in Bengaluru. He emphasized that the whole nation would have to come together to make India drug free. He further said that Drug free society would be a prerequisite for a developed India. He said, “PM Modi kept vision of a drugfree society and we will take this ahead. All the departments of the nation and political lead-