Dalmandi Road widening kicks off amid ₹882 crore Varanasi infra push
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The projects include smart distribution and underground electrical infrastructure at a cost of ₹881.56 crore, widening and strengthening of Dalmandi Road at ₹215 crore, homeopathic college and hospital worth ₹85.72 crore, Kachhwa-Kapsethi-Chaubeypur Road worth ₹51 crore, Chhittampur-Rajwadi-Dhaurahra road worth ₹30.67 crore, Harsos-Suichak-Gangapur road worth ₹24.99 crore, Gangapur-Rohania Road worth ₹20.29 crore, the Lehartara-Kotwa-Koraut-Akelwa Road worth ₹21.7 crore, beautification and tourism development at Karkhiyao village and development of a memorial for 26 freedom fighters at a cost of ₹18.76 crore and the Varanasi-Ghazipur highway to Swarved Temple at ₹11.46 crore.Besides these, other sectors and components include urban Miyawaki forests, floating platforms and changing rooms at ghats along the Ganga, facility centres, garbage transfer stations, a new district library, rejuvenation of government high schools and redevelopment of parks.In the long list of new projects, all eyes are on Dalmandi Road widening project. After opening of the rejuvenated Kashi Vishwanath Dham by the PM in December 2021, footfall of devotees increased multifold.During the recent Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and the ongoing Shrawan month, managing crowd proved difficult for police and district administration. Exploring ways to divide the crowd, the plan for widening Dalmandi was finalised.Following CM Yogi Adityanath's instruction issued to officials on July 17 to ensure execution of Dalmandi Road widening project and financial and administrative approval given by state cabinet on July 22 for easy access to Gate No. 4 of Kashi Vishwanath Dham from Naisadak, PWD started demarcation of 184 identified buildings.The ₹215.88 crore project will finish demarcation in the 650-metre-long Dalmandi, a narrow street full of bottlenecks, to convert it into a 17.4-metre-wide passage.These developments caused worry to the Muslim-dominated commercial-cum-residential area of Dalmandi.
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