Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of multiple development projects worth ₹13,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. PM Modi also unveiled Sant Guru Ravidas' statue in Varanasi to mark his 647th birth anniversary. The projects include four-laning of Ghagra Bridge-Varanasi section of NH-233 and construction of Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata Expressway.