VARANASI: The wait for the launch of World Bank-aided UP pro-poor tourism development project at Sarnath Buddhist Circuit will be over when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay its foundation during his next Kashi visit on July 7.
"This project had been proposed by the tourism department in 2020 with an estimated budget of Rs 100 crores, but following a scrutiny, the state government sanctioned a budget of Rs 72.63 crores for it," said divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal while talking to TOI on Saturday.