Mayors from over 100 cities to reach Varanasi today, visit KVD

Dec 16,2021

Even as 12 chief ministers and deputy CMs of the BJP-ruled states left the city on Wednesday following inauguration of (KVD), from over 100 cities of the country will start congregating in from Thursday for a the All-India Mayors’ Conference to be held on Friday as part of the series of post-inauguration events.

Before the conference, the mayors will visit the rejuvenated and expanded apart from studying the Kashi’s development model on Thursday. On Friday morning, Prime Minister will virtually address the mayors to mark the beginning of their conference at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Trade Facility Centre in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union urban development minister Hardeep Puri on Friday morning.

UP urban development minister Ashutosh Tandon said, "Over 100 mayors have sent their consent to visit Kashi to take part in the conference being organised by the urban
development department in association with All India Mayor’s Council. The PM will inaugurate the proposed conference by addressing the mayors virtually. Before the
beginning of this conference, the CM and the Union urban development minister will inaugurate a three-day exhibition on the achievements of UP urban development department at DDU-TFC.”

“The conference is being organised on the theme of ‘New urban India’. A short film on urban opportunities and development in UP will also be screened in the beginning of the event,” Tandon said, adding that the local administration, Varanasi Municipal Corporation and Smart City Varanasi will also screen a film on Kashi’s development.

“The mayors of Pune and Surat will give a presentation on clean India mission and AMRUT. Groups of five mayors will be formed and each group will take in group discussion on urban development issues and a presentation would be prepared on its outcomes,” he added.

Tandon said that Kashi and his department have a long list of achievements on the urban development front to showcase in this event as well as exhibition. The
department’s performance has been outstanding in execution of urban housing, loan facilities for petty vendors under scheme, scheme of 'one city one operator'
for sewage and sewage treatment plant management introduced in 13 major cities of UP, bagging 18 Swachhata awards in different categories and others, he added.

“The arrival of mayors from different parts of country will begin on Thursday morning and in the evening they will visit the DDU memorial at Padao from where they will go to Dashaswamedh Ghat to witness Ganga Aarti,” said Tandon adding, that after it they will visit the KVD after offering prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.