Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 22 development projects worth Rs 870 crore in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi on Thursday.
Before the inauguration, the Prime Minister reviewed the development projects along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of “Banas Dairy Sankul” at UP State Industrial Development Authority Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi. Spread across 30 acres of land, the dairy will be built at a cost of about Rs 475 crores and will have a facility for processing 5 lakh litres of milk per day. PM Modi digitally transferred about Rs 35 crore bonus to the bank accounts of more than 1.7 lakh milk producers associated with Banas Dairy.
He also laid the foundation stone for the Biogas based electricity generation plant for the Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant, Ramnagar, Varanasi. PM Modi also launched a portal and logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
The Prime Minister also virtually distributed rural residential rights record, “Gharauni” under the Swamitva scheme of Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, to over 20 lakh residents of Uttar Pradesh.
He also inaugurated multiple urban development projects in Varanasi. These include six projects of the redevelopment of Old Kashi wards, a parking and surface park at Beniabag, beautification of two ponds, one sewage treatment plant at village Ramna and provisioning of advanced surveillance cameras at 720 locations under Smart City Mission. PM Modi inaugurated a 50-bed Integrated Ayush Hospital at Bhadrasi. He also laid the foundation of Rs 49 crore Government Homeopathic Medical College in tehsil Pindra under the Ayush Mission.
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of two “4 to 6 lane” road widening projects for the Prayagraj and Bhadohi roads. The projects are believed to improve the connectivity of Varanasi and will be a step towards resolving the problem of the city’s traffic congestion.
Other projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister include a Speed Breeding Facility at International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre Varanasi, a Regional Reference Standards Laboratory at village Payakpur and an Advocate building at Tehsil Pindra.
Launching a veiled attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said “some people have made talking about cows a crime but for us cows are revered as mothers”. Addressing people following the inauguration of the development projects, the Prime Minister said, “Strengthening India’s dairy sector is one of the toppriorities of our government.” The Prime Minister also paid tribute to former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary today. “Today is the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh ji. In his memory, the country is celebrating Farmer’s Day,” he said.