Varanasi
India’s oldest town Varanasi is apparently on the verge of becoming a realty hotspot, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi having promised to turn the town into a ‘smart city’ Modi’s decision has set the real estate activity rolling in the Varanasi town. Some realty consultants have already started getting enquiry calls about the land prices [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to convert Varanasi into a ‘smart city‘. Varanasi is among one of the oldest cities in India and for many, Varanasi is about salvation. Indians believe that if they die in Kashi (Varanasi) then they will directly go to heaven. Itsghats, temples and narrow, dingy bylanes give the [...] Continue Reading »
Abenomics meets Modinomics in a deal between our PM Narendra Modi and the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Osaka on Saturday and, within hours, oversaw the signing of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. This MoU is meant to turn Varanasi into a ‘smart city’ [...] Continue Reading »
In the past, buying or selling a post apartment in Varanasi outskirts was a farfetched dream, forget convincing anyone to buy or sell. The ancient temple town had people who were not interested in the outskirts or moving far away from the center. They were willing to dodge the ways of traffic, snail paced and [...] Continue Reading »
The UP government will speed up the construction of another bridge over Ganga connecting Samneghat with Ramnagar. The construction of the bridge had started in January 2007. But after the change in the political scenario of the state, the construction work was halted. As the work is taken with urgency, the construction of wells for [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Teliabagh, Varanasi have been protesting over overflowing sewage which has entered their houses. The sewage line passes through the residential area which is partially covered in the locality. The depth of the line is 15 metres but Varanasi Nagar Nigam did not take measures to remove the slit deposited resulting in less depth [...] Continue Reading »
In the recent 2012 annual budget, Rs 20,231.04 lakh was approved to Varanasi Development Authority (VDA). With the follow up of this, the vice chairman of VDA RP Goswami declared saying that Rs 17 crore aide will be given by state government for selling plots and buildings. Also, during the year 2011 VDA had planned [...] Continue Reading »
After a nine month long meeting finally Varanasi city traffic police have come up with new workable plans to control the pathetic traffic. People from different sections of the society had given ideas to manage the present traffic situations. Traffic department claim to have got maximum complaints in regard with one-way roads, parking space issues. [...] Continue Reading »
The heavy rainfall at Varanasi lead to damaged roads in and around the city and the district administration has filed a petition for the allotment of Rs. 56.75 crores for restoration works. The budget will come under the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) and will be forwarded to the relief commissioner in Lucknow. The petition was filed soon [...] Continue Reading »
The commuters in Varanasi are finding very tough time traveling across the city as the roads have become withered and left un attended also the roads having potholes and lot of damages caused in name of municipal work. Public Work Department (PWD) and Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) is not even bothered to repair the damaged [...] Continue Reading »
