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After the PM's Kyoto visit, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe also visited Varanasi along with the former in December 2015. Municipal commissioner Nitin Bansal said with completion of the tender process and finalisation of the agency paved way for the construction to begin. a full flying tower, having a seating capacity of 1,200, a gallery, meeting rooms, together with a parking facility of 120 cars.Another major project with the PM is expected to launch is the Rs 97 crore Panchkroshi Parikrama route. This list contains 12 projects under initiatives like Namami Gange and Smart City Mission"Though the Prime Minister's final itinerary is still awaited, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation has ensured that the land at the VCC site has been levelled and the roads leading up to the VMC building have also been renovated.The Kashi-Kyoto partnership agreement was signed when PM MModi visited Kyoto in Japan in 2014 and aimed to promote Varanasi's ancient heritage. VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lay the foundation stone for 12 new projects, worth Rs 487 crore, on his 13th visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on July 14.After Modi's proposed visit, the company assigned by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will start working on the Rs 186-crore project 'Rudraksh' Varanasi International Cooperation and Convention Centre (VCC), which was launched by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe during his visit to the city in 2015.Varanasi district magistrate Surendra Singh, said, "The list of new development projects to be unveiled by the PM has been finalised and approved by chief minister Yogi Adityanath..