Varanasi sources have stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday jointly inaugurated Uttar Pradesh's largest solar power plant in the Mirzapur district. Meanwhile the two leaders also visited the Deen Dayal Hastkala Sankul a trade facilitation centre in Varanasi. Both the leaders also visited the Assi ghat, where they took a boat ride from Assi to Dashashwamedh ghat.
According to sources the two leaders then had a private meeting over lunch, following which PM Modi headed to the Manduadih railway station and flagged off the Varanasi-Patna intercity train. Meanwhile the French President was for New Delhi after lunch.
UP's
largest solar plant has been built at a cost of
around Rs. 500 crore by French firm ENGIE and the 100 MW solar plant
has come up at Dadar Kalan village on the hilly terrain of the Vindhyas range. Later
PM Modi visited an exhibition at DLW Ground in Varanasi and addressed a public
rally and inaugurated various projects. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Minister
Manoj Sinha were also present with the PM.
