Prime Minister Modi in Sikkim today, will reach his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in the evening

New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the north-eastern state of Sikkim is coming to an end today. He will reach Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh in the evening on a two-day tour. Varanasi situated at Ganga Tere is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 6,350 crore in Varanasi. The Prime Minister will dedicate the Ganga Expressway to the nation on April 29 in Hardoi. This information was given in the government release.

According to the release, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Uttar Pradesh after gifting projects worth more than Rs 4,000 crore to Sikkim. Today he will first visit the Orchidarium in Gangtok in Sikkim at around 9:30 am. This Golden Jubilee is in Maitri Manjari Park. The Prime Minister will participate in the closing ceremony of the celebrations of the 50th year of the establishment of Sikkim State at Paljor Stadium. Here he will inaugurate, launch and lay the foundation stone of several development projects worth more than Rs 4,000 crore across the state. The Prime Minister will also address the gathering on this occasion.

According to the government spokesperson, the Prime Minister will participate in the women’s conference organized in Varanasi at around 5 pm. The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth about Rs 6,350 crore during his visit to Uttar Pradesh. He will also address the gathering on this occasion. Next morning at around 8:30 am, the Prime Minister will have darshan and worship at Srikashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. After this Hardoi will leave and inaugurate the Ganga Expressway at around 11:30 am. He will also address the gathering on this occasion.

Prime Minister Modi will dedicate to the nation 48 completed projects costing more than Rs 1,050 crore in Varanasi. Major infrastructure projects include widening of Varanasi-Azamgarh road, inauguration of important rail overbridges at Kazjakpura and Kadipur and inauguration of 55 MLD capacity Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Bhagwanpur.

He will inaugurate various community projects. These include 30 rural drinking water schemes under Jal Jeevan Mission, redevelopment of Chandravati Ghat, tourism development of Sarangnath temple near Sarnath and beautification and renovation work of Sant Ravidas Park located at Nagwa. Improvements in public services and sports are also being made prominently, including synthetic hockey turf at UP College, a 100-bed old age home at Ramnagar and a 1 MW solar power plant at Bhelupur water treatment plant. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Sowa Rigpa Building and Hospital at the Central University of Tibetan Studies, reflecting the commitment to integrate traditional medicine with modern health care systems.

The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of more than 112 projects worth approximately Rs 5,300 crore. These include 13 sewerage and water supply schemes under AMRUT 2.0, a 500-bed multi-specialist hospital at Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta Divisional District Hospital, construction of market complexes and offices at Bhojuveer and Sigra, restoration and renovation of ponds, reconstruction of a 198-bed hospital, construction of a 100-bed intensive care block and other facilities including Assi Ghat, Dashashwamedh Ghat and Namo Ghat. Includes development of tourism facilities at major ghats. To strengthen governance and social welfare infrastructure, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of integrated divisional office, Municipal Corporation office building and a Government Children’s Shelter Home and Juvenile Justice Board in Ramnagar. The Prime Minister will also transfer an amount of over Rs 105 crore as bonus to milk suppliers of Uttar Pradesh associated with Banas Dairy.

Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone for the third and fourth railway line project of Varanasi Junction-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, which also includes construction of a rail-cum-road bridge over the river Ganga. The project will benefit Varanasi and Chandauli districts by decongesting rail traffic, increasing logistics efficiency, strengthening multi-lane connectivity and improving traffic ease. This will improve access to Kashi Vishwanath Dham, Ramnagar area and National Highway-19, as well as strengthen rail connectivity with eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

The Prime Minister will also flag off two new Amrit Bharat Express trains. These are- Banaras-Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya-Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus). These trains will provide affordable and modern travel options and increase connectivity between Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Banaras-Pune service will make it easier to reach Kashi Vishwanath Dham, while Ayodhya-Mumbai service will improve connectivity to Shri Ram Mandir pilgrimage area and strengthen connectivity between major religious places.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Ganga Expressway in Hardoi district, which will be a significant achievement in the development of world-class infrastructure in the country. Ganga Expressway is a 594 km long, 6-lane (expandable to 8-lane), access-controlled greenfield high-speed corridor, constructed at a total cost of approximately Rs 36,230 crore. The expressway passes through 12 districts – Meerut, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj, connecting the western, central and eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh through a single seamless high-speed corridor.

The project is expected to reduce the travel time between Meerut and Prayagraj from the current 10-12 hours to about 6 hours, thereby improving ease of commute and efficiency in transportation. The major feature of this project is the construction of 3.5 km long emergency landing facility (airstrip) in Shahjahanpur district. This dual-use infrastructure strengthens national security preparedness and provides strategic value in addition to economic benefits.

Ganga Expressway is envisaged as a major economic corridor, with integrated manufacturing and logistics corridors to be developed over an area of ​​about 2,635 hectares in the 12 districts falling along its route. This expressway will reduce logistics costs, improve supply chain efficiency and boost manufacturing competitiveness.

Better connectivity will give farmers direct access to urban and export markets, which will help them get better prices and increase rural incomes. The project is also expected to boost tourism, open new economic opportunities and create direct and indirect employment opportunities across the region. The Ganga Expressway will also serve as the backbone of an extensive expressway network in the state, with several link corridors either operational or planned, including the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Jewar Link Expressway, Farrukhabad Link Expressway and the proposed extension from Meerut to Haridwar. This emerging expressway network will expand high-speed road connectivity from east to west and north to south in Uttar Pradesh, thereby enabling balanced regional development.

Ganga Expressway is not just a transport project, but a transformational initiative that will reduce logistics costs, attract industrial investment, boost agricultural and rural incomes, generate employment and drive overall economic growth across the state.