PM Modi launches Urja Ganga, 7 Projects worth Rs 5,000 crore in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched several development schemes in Varanasi at the total cost of Rs 5000 crore.

PM Modi launched “Urja Ganga”, an ambitious gas pipeline project which will provide piped cooking fuel to residents of Varanasi. This ambitious project spreads over Odisha,Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Prime Minister Modi also dedicated 765/400 KV GIS Varanasi Power Sub-station, laid foundation stone of Varanasi City Gas Distribution Project; inaugurated Varanasi Postal Region, Expansion Project of Diesel Locomotive Works (Phase 1); laid foundation stone for second line and electrification of Allahabad-Varanasi Rail Line , and set up of Perishable Cargo Centre at Rajatalab Railway Station.

The Prime Minister felicitated select beneficiaries of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, and handed over LPG connections to select Ujjwala beneficiaries. He also released a commemorative postage stamp on Varanasi City.

The Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Ram Naik, the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of State for Communications and Railways, Manoj Sinha, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey and the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel were also present on the occasion.