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The Varanasi Municipal Corporation has approved a land swap deal involving over 227.5 bigha of land with the Defence Estate and Railways. This strategic move aims to facilitate crucial traffic, parking, and civic infrastructure projects across the city.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 48 completed development projects worth over ₹1,050 crore in Varanasi. These projects span sectors including road infrastructure (widening of Varanasi–Azamgarh road), new rail over bridges, and a sewage treatment plant, aimed at improving sanitation and urban infrastructure.
Varanasi is seeing a push to expedite priority schemes, focusing on infrastructure development, health services, education, sanitation, drinking water, and electricity supply. The Varanasi Municipal Corporation is set to begin construction of a new headquarters with an investment of Rs 93 crore. Railways has announced construction of a major rail-cum-road bridge over the Ganga near Railway Station, valued at ₹1,201.35 crore
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