Kashi corridor: Section of locals unhappy over "lost homes", demolition of iconic buildings

Varanasi | Wednesday | 15th December, 2021

Summary:

Varanasi, Dec 15 (PTI) Varanasi resident Prabhat Singh has safely kept mobile phone pictures of his over a century-old joint family house, which was acquired and demolished for the mega Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project.

These photos are his only surviving memories of his "lost home", he says.

Singh and several others in the holy city, who were displaced by the ambitious project, were not so enthused when the Kashi Vishwanath Dham was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

"We were a joint family and lived together happily till our property was taken up for the corridor.

Now, we live separately at different places in Benares.

Not only did our century-old family property get dismantled but our joint family, too, got broken," he lamented.