Varanasi, 02 Aug

(HS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on a one-day visit to his

parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Saturday. As soon as the Prime

Minister's special plane landed at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in

Babatpur, senior leaders welcomed the Prime Minister. From the airport, Prime Minister Modi left

for the public meeting organised in Banauli of Sewapuri in a special Air Force

chopper amid tight security arrangements.

This is his 51st visit to Kashi, for

which tremendous enthusiasm is being seen in the city and rural areas. Prime

Minister Modi will stay in Varanasi for about three hours during his visit.

During the public meeting, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of

52 development projects worth about Rs 2200 crore. Also, under the 20th

installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, he will transfer

an amount of Rs 20,500 crore through online medium to the accounts of 9.70

crore farmers across the country.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi