 "Under the project, the Varanasi Development Authority is dismantling existing properties, including all commercial and residential structures, but preserving ancient temples in the 15,000-sqm area from Kashi Vishwanath to the ghats")
“I will come and stand for hours. A genuine devotee doesn’t care about the pain.” If the government eases access to Kashi Vishwanath, good, if not, “baba ki dhun mein khade rahenge (will keep standing in lord Shiv’s glory)”, Anand Kumar, a 50-year-old devotee, said.
The devotee was referring to the government’s mega plan under which travelators, or moving walkways, would be put up from the Ganga ghats to ease visits to the temple zone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is laying the foundation stone of the Kashi Vishwanath Heritage Zone in Varanasi on Friday. Under the project, the Varanasi Development
