Varanasi-Prayagraj NH-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate six lanes of road

Varanasi - Prayagrag NH-19 innaguration by PM Narendra Modi

  During the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join 'Dev Diwali', visit the Kashi Bishwanath Temple Corridor project site and also visit the Sarnath Archaeological Site, the PM's office said.

 

  PM Modi to inaugurate NH-19 Varanasi-Prayagraj section six-lane widening project

 

  Key Highlights

   The new addition, the 73-kilometer six-lane NH-19 road between Prayagraj and Varanasi, is expected to take one hour.

   During his visit to Varanasi, Modi will join 'Dev Diwali', visit a site in the Kashi Bishwanath temple corridor

  

 He will also inspect the project and the Sarnath Archaeological Site Six-lane widening project of NH-19's Prayagraj-Varanasi division at a total cost of Rs 2,447 crore.

  

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on November 30, 2020 and present the country for the six-lane widening project of Handiya (Prayagraj) -Rajtalab (Varanasi) section of National Highway 19.

  During the visit, Modi will join 'Dev Deepavali', visit the Kashi Bishwanath Temple Corridor project site and also the Sarnath Archaeological Site, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said late Saturday night.

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  The PMO statement further said that the 73 km stretch of the widest and six-lane NH-19 will cost a total of Rs 2,447 crore.  The main objective of this project is to shorten the travel time between Prayagraj and Varanasi.

  Dev Diwali, which has become a "world-famous festival of light and excitement in Varanasi", is celebrated on every full moon of the month of Kartik.