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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of several projects worth more than ₹13,000 crore in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi today.
According to an official statement, these projects include multiple roads, a cooking gas bottling plant, a milk processing unit, and a silk fabric printing common facility centre for weavers.
For the textiles sector of Varanasi, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
He also laid the foundation of a new medical college and the National Centre of Ageing at Banaras Hindu University.
PM Modi inaugurated the Sigra Sports Stadium Phase-1 and District Rifle Shooting Range.
He inaugurated various development works around Sant Ravidas Janmasthali worth about ₹ 32 crore, and laid the foundation stone of Sant Ravidas Museum.
Earlier in the day, the prime minister inaugurated a statue of Sant Ravidas and participated in his 647th birth anniversary celebrations.
He also interacted with the winners of the Sansad Sanskrit Pratiyogita at the Banaras Hindu University here.
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