Prime Minister Narendra Modi to adopt village in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi

VARANASI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to adopt Jayapur village in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, under the MPs' adopt-a-village scheme, the entire administration is focused on sprucing up the village ahead of the PM's visit.

The people of Jayapur village, located 32 km from Varanasi city centre in the Rohaniya assembly segment, are looking forward to the prime minister's visit to his constituency on November 7-8 with much hope as he is expected to announce a number of welfare and developmental measures.

The entire district administration has descended upon Jayapur, removing garbage, clearing wild bushes and giving the village a facelift. Under the Centre's ' Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' project, each MP is supposed to adopt a village and develop it as a model village.

Although no official announcements have been made as yet, the village is expected to get modern community health centres, intermediate school, public toilets and drinking water facilities, post office and bank branches.

Jayapur has a long connection with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, with RSS shakhas being held here for the past 35 years since the Sangh stalwart Dattopant Thengadi's visit to the village.

This will be Narendra Modi's first visit to his constituency after being sworn in as the prime minister.

Modi had earlier visited the city and offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir and taken part in Ganga Aarti after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.