A 75-kilogram cake was cut by Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari and District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar at the Jalkal office in Bhelupur here to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday.
On this occasion, the Municipal Corporation laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development projects worth Rs 130 crore as a gift to the residents of Kashi. Mayor Tiwari said the projects include road construction, repair work, drainage, beautification of ponds, and well restoration. Five crore rupees have been sanctioned for the restoration of 513 wells. Additionally, several other projects, including a mobile animal tethering vehicle, were also inaugurated.
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District Magistrate Kumar said that the Corporation has initiated several schemes to preserve the mythological significance of Kashi, including the revival of ponds, tanks, and wells.
On the occasion, sand artists Rupesh Singh, Hrithik Paswan, Aryan Upadhyay, Mohan Singh, and Anshu Kumari created a sand sculpture of the Prime Minister, titled “Green India and Clean India,” at the Jalkal complex, conveying the message of cleanliness. They conveyed their best wishes to the Prime Minister through this sculpture.