BANARAS SMART CITY
"Varanasi is the heart of Uttar Pradesh and apart from the Prime Minister's constituency, the city has significance from many aspects, tourism, religion and politics," a central government official said on condition of anonymity, "That is the reason That center is keen to develop it and present it as a model model. "
For the proposed investment metro rail system, more than Rs. 20,000 crores for multimodal transport terminal, Rs. 170 crores and more than Rs. 100 crores for the so-called freight village. Other projects on Avil include the railway station redevelopment worth 300 crores, sewage treatment plant of Rs 153 crores, taxi taxi project worth Rs 100 crores and a conference center of Rs 211 crores.
Most of these projects are coming with the Central Government assistance.
From the ancient Ghat to the temples, the promise of change is everywhere.
Varanasi was reported in 15 cities, one of the three cities to test a quick transport system using pod cars and non-driving vehicles running with pre-scheduled courses.
The government's focus on Varanasi has not been opened on lending agencies like the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), who demanded 2,240 million yen (about 130 crore rupees) grant agreement for the construction of Varanasi International Cooperation and Convention Center (VCC) last week. Had to .
To ensure this, experts believe that planned change may take some time.
"The complexity of land acquisition in India and especially in Varanasi, which is one of the oldest continuously living cities in the world, implementing such infrastructure projects will be a challenge and will slow down. However, each of these projects will be available to Varanasi. Will significantly contribute to change, "KPMG, regulatory and policy adviser in India, economics, partner and chief Jaijit Bhattacharya Area said.
Questions sent to the Prime Minister's Office and urban development and agricultural ministries have not been unanswered.
The importance of Varanasi and Ganga in the recent cabinet change was clear, in which Nitin Gadkari took charge of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry, to reach the important election pledge to clean the Ganga before the next general elections in 2019. Was there.
A river of 2,525 km flows through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand, because this state has important electoral significance for 167 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Varanasi is also playing an important role in the National Waterway-1 (NW-1) program on river Ganges under the water route development project, in which a multi-dimensional terminal is being developed.
Inland Waterways Authority (IWAI) said, "Varanasi is strategically located with an immense capacity to facilitate the transfer of domestic and export-import goods," is implementing an ambitious project in an email response.
"The project will link the underground state of Uttar Pradesh in the South-East Asian countries through the National Waterway 1 on the Ganges river through the Bay of Bengal, through the National Waterway 1, India-Bangladesh Protocol route, from Varanasi to the north-east of the country. I will also provide uninterrupted connectivity to the cargo movement in the region, "said IWAI.
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