Showing posts with label Varanasi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Varanasi. Show all posts

Friday, 5 December 2014

Modi will visit Varanasi on December 25: Kalraj Mishra

The Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister said Modi will take part in various programmes during his visit and will also carry out a cleanliness drive for nearly an hour as part of his pet project 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan'.
  
Praising Modi, Mishra said he has been recognized as an efficient and tough leader globally with US President Barack Obama also appreciating him for his efforts to shake up the 'bureaucratic inertia' in the country and describing him as a 'man of action'.
  
Modi last visited Varanasi in the first week of November.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

PM Modi visits Varanasi, announces mega projects

Modi arrived at the airport located at Babatpur near here around 10 AM and left straight for Lalpur village where he will lay the foundation stone of a trade facilitation centre and a crafts museum.
  
The Prime Minister is also likely to adopt a village under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana under (MPs' Model Village Scheme).
  
He will interact with the general public in Ravindrapuri locality of the city and hold a meeting with local BJP leaders at the guest house of Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW).
  
Modi is also scheduled to unveil a statue of Swami Vivekananda, whom he has always held as his icon, at Vijayanagaram Tiraha crossroad in the city.
  
He is also likely to visit a hospital situated inside the "ashram" set up by followers of spiritual leader Shri Anandamay Maa.
  
Security has been tightened for the Prime Minister's visit.
  
According to Inspector General of Police (Public Grievances) Ashok Jain, 12 SP rank police officials of Uttar Pradesh, 18 Additional SPs, 20 Deputy SPs, 135 sub-inspectors, besides more than 1000 personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary have been deployed.