Varanasi, Dec 23 (UNI) Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift developments works of Rs 2,095.67 crore to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Thursday.
These include 22 projects constructed with a cost of Rs 870.16 crore, including a newly constructed unified AYUSH hospital, besides there are five projects worth Rs 1,225.51 crore, whose foundation stone will be laid.
It may be mentioned that this will the PM Modi's second visit to Varanasi in the last 10 days. On December 13 he came to inaugurate Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor.
Besides, launching these schemes at Pindara tehsil, he will also address a rally in Karkhiyaon.
The PM will lay the foundation stone of 'Banas Dairy Sankul' at UPSIDA Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi. Spread across 30 acres of land, the dairy will be built at a cost of about Rs 475 crores and will have a facility for processing five lakh litre of milk per day.
This will strengthen the rural economy and help farmers of the region by creating new opportunities for them. The PM will also digitally transfer about Rs 35.19 crore bonus to the bank accounts of more than 1.7 lakh milk producers associated with Banaras Dairy.

In another effort to reduce the land ownership issues at grassroot level, the PM will virtually distribute the rural residential rights record ‘Gharauni’ under the Swamitva scheme of Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, to over 20 Lakh residents of Uttar Pradesh.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the biogas based electricity generation plant for the Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant, Ramnagar, Varanasi. It will be a key step towards making Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant energy self-sufficient.
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