PM Modi to launch Rs 6,100 cr worth development projects from Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a number of development initiatives, including multiple airport projects across the country worth over Rs 6,100 crore, during his visit to Varanasi on Sunday, his office said. The PMO in a statement that Modi will also inaugurate RJ Sankara Eye Hospital, in the holy town. It will provide comprehensive consultation and treatment for various eye conditions. Modi will lay the foundation stone for expansion of airport runway and construction of a new terminal building and allied works of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, costing around Rs 2,870 crore all told. He will lay the foundation stone of new civil enclave at Agra airport worth more than Rs 570 crore, at Darbhanga airport worth around Rs 910 crore, and at Bagdogra airport worth around Rs 1,550 crore, it said. The prime minister will inaugurate new terminal buildings of airports in Rewa, Ambikapur, and Saharanpur being constructed at the cost of more than Rs 220 crore. The combi