Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated two important national highways in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. The total length of the highways is 34 kilometres and is constructed at a cost of over Rs 15 billion. The 16.55 km Varanasi Ring Road Phase-I has been completed at a cost of Rs 759.36 crore, while the work of four-laning and construction of 17.25 km Babatput-Varanasi road on NH-56 has cost Rs 812.59 crore. Modi also dedicated an inland waterways terminal to the nation on river Ganga in Varanasi. The estimated cost of this project is Rs 53.69 billion on a 50:50 sharing basis between the Indian government and the World Bank.