Varanasi 13 December : .Varanasi has donned its finest to greet Prime Minister NarendraModi as he inaugurates the Kashi Vishwanath corridor, an ambitious megaproject that will boost the city’s tourism.The ambitious, more than Rs.900 crore project connects Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Ganga River via a 75-metre-wide, paved corridor.
Inauguration of 23 other buildings will be held at an estimated cost of Rs 339 Crore.
These buildings offer a range of services to pilgrims who visit the temple.
This project connects Lalita Ghat and the main temple.It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in 2019.Four directions face the core of the temple, and have grand gateways or ornamental arches.
More than 300 properties were acquired and purchased around the temple.
To make way for construction, nearly 1,400 tenants, shopkeepers and homeowners were amicably rehabilitated.The purchase of the buildings cost around Rs.450 crore.
40 temples from ancient times were discovered under plaster and concrete during the 2018 demolition of existing buildings.These temples have been preserved and are now part of the project.
This project now covers a vast area of approximately five million square feet, whereas the original premises were only about 3,000 square footage.
The architect of the project is Bimal Patel, who is also in-charge of the Central Vista redevelopment project in New Delhi.He said that without tampering with the original structure of the temple, beautification work was carried out and world-class facilities had been put in place.
About 70 per cent of the 5.50 lakh square feet area of the project has been kept for green cover.
Meanwhile, top spiritual gurus like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Awadheshanand Giri, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Swami Rambhadracharya along with Tamil Nadu’s Adheenams, Karnataka’s Lingayat and Veerashaiva sects will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he opens the corridor project at a grand function amid chanting of Vedic mantras in Varanasi on Monday.
Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014, has been decorated ahead of the mega event titled ‘Divya Kashi,Bhavya Kashi’.
Facades of buildings located on streets leading to the shrine have been painted in uniform light pink colour and illuminated.
After the inauguration, the Prime Minister will hold an informal meeting with several chief ministers on a river cruise and witness Ganga ‘aarti’ and grand festivities being hosted at Varanasi ghats.
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