Varanasi, April 28 (HS): Prime

Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi

for the 54th time on Tuesday. BJP workers and the general public are

ready to welcome the Prime Minister, who is coming to Kashi on a two-day visit.

People are eagerly awaiting a grand welcome for the Prime Minister. The entire

city has been decorated like a bride to welcome him. The route along with the

public meeting venue is adorned with BJP flags and huge posters, banners, and

cutouts of the Prime Minister. Preparations for the Prime Minister's public

meeting continued throughout the city since early morning.

The Prime Minister will arrive at

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Babatpur at 2 p.m. From there, he

will fly to Bareka by an Air Force helicopter. At 5 p.m., he will address a

women's conference from a stage set up at the Bareka Inter College grounds.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday,

where he will attend a women's convention in Varanasi and lay the groundwork

for many development projects totaling Rs 6,350 crore. According to an official

release, he will also address a meeting in his parliamentary seat. Modi will

travel to Hardoi on Wednesday to open the Ganga Expressway and address a crowd.

The prime minister will attend the Mahila Sammelan, which will draw a

significant number of women from around the area. He will dedicate 48 finished projects worth

more than Rs 1,050 crore to the country while also laying the groundwork for

112 projects worth over Rs 5,300 crore.

Key infrastructure projects include the completion of the Varanasi-Azamgarh

road expansion, the opening of vital rail overbridges at Kazzakpura and Kadipur,

and the construction of a 55 MLD sewage treatment facility at Bhagwanpur, among

others. On Tuesday, Modi will also inaugurate two new Amrit Bharat Express

trains, from Varanasi to Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya to Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak

Terminus), as part of a substantial drive to improve rail connection between

Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. The move is likely to considerably assist state

travelers, notably pilgrims, students, migrant workers, and small traders who

often travel between north India and Maharashtra, according to the statement.

This effort is particularly important in Uttar Pradesh since it promotes both

religious tourism and economic mobility.

Varanasi and Ayodhya, as prominent spiritual attractions, draw millions of

Hindus each year. Improved train connectivity to major cities such as Mumbai

and Pune is projected to enhance tourism, allow easier movement of people, and

support livelihoods in these industries, it noted. On Wednesday, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi will pray at Varanasi's Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple. He will

next go to Hardoi, where he will open the Ganga Expressway at 11.30 a.m. and

address a throng. The Ganga Expressway is a 594-kilometer-long, six-lane

access-controlled greenfield high-speed highway costing Rs 36,230 crore.

The expressway connects the state's western, central, and eastern areas with

a single seamless high-speed corridor, passing through 12 districts: Meerut,

Bulandshahr, Hapur, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao,

Raebareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.

The project is projected to cut travel time between Meerut and Prayagraj from

10-12 hours to around six hours, improving mobility and efficiency in

transportation. A crucial feature of the project is the construction of a 3.5-kilometer-long

Emergency Landing Facility (airstrip) in Shahjahanpur district. This dual-use

infrastructure improves national security preparation and offers strategic

value in addition to economic benefits, according to the statement.

The Ganga Expressway will also act

as the backbone of the state's expressway network. The statement said that

other connection corridors are either operating or planned, including the

Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Jewar connection Expressway, Farrukhabad Link

Expressway, and the projected Meerut-Haridwar extension.

According to BJP Kashi region

president Dilip Patel, from the public meeting venue, the Prime Minister will

unveil 163 projects worth Rs. 6,332 crore for his parliamentary constituency,

Varanasi. These include the inauguration of 50 projects worth Rs. 1,054.69

crore and the foundation stone laying of 113 projects worth Rs. 5,277.39 crore.

He will also transfer a bonus of Rs. 105 crore to lakhs of dairy farmers

associated with Banas (Amul). He will also flag off two new Amrit Bharat

Express trains: Varanasi-Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya-Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak

Terminus). After a night's rest, he will visit the Baba Vishwanath Temple the next

day.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi