PM Modi to launch several projects during his Varanasi visit
The Hindu
PM Modi to launch airport projects and development initiatives worth over ₹6,100 crore in Varanasi on October 20, 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch several development initiatives, including multiple airport projects across the country worth over ₹6,100 crore, during his visit to Varanasi on Sunday (October 20, 2024).
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for the airport runway expansion, construction of a new terminal building, and other allied work at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, which will cost around ₹2,870 crore. The PMO said in a statement on Saturday (October 19, 2024) that he will also inaugurate the RJ Sankara Eye Hospital in the holy town.
“He will lay the foundation stone of a new civil enclave at the Agra airport worth more than ₹570 crore, at Darbhanga airport worth around ₹910 crore, and at Bagdogra airport worth around ₹1,550 crore,” it said.
The prime minister will inaugurate new terminal buildings of airports in Rewa, Ambikapur, and Saharanpur being constructed at the cost of more than ₹220 crore.
The combined passenger handling capacity of these airports will increase to more than 2.3 crore passengers annually.
“The designs of these airports are influenced and derived from the common elements of heritage structures of the region,” the statement said.
Among other projects, PM Modi will inaugurate phases 2 and 3 of the redevelopment of Varanasi Sports Complex worth over ₹210 crore under the Khelo India scheme and the Smart City mission.
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