Emmanuel Macron Varanasi Visit LIVE Updates: PM Modi, French President Inaugurate Solar Plant In Mirzapur

Varanasi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron are scheduled to visit Varanasi and Mirzapur today. The two leaders will jointly inaugurate Uttar Pradesh's largest solar power plant in the Mirzapur district. They will also visit the Deen Dayal Hastkala Sankul - a trade facilitation centre in Varanasi. Prime Minister Modi will receive the French President, who will arrive by a special plane at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International airport in Varanasi at around 10:30 am. From the airport, both the leaders will fly by a helicopter to Mirzapur, where they will jointly inaugurate the 75-megawatt solar plant and then will return to Varanasi. Both the leaders will also visit the Assi ghat, where they will take a boat ride from Assi to Dashashwamedh ghat. The two leaders will then have a private meeting over lunch, following which PM Modi will head to the Manduadih railway station, from where he will flag off the Varanasi-Patna intercity train. The French President will leave back for New Delhi after lunch. The prime minister will also address a public meeting before flying back to Delhi from the Varanasi airport.
 

Here are the LIVE Updates of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to PM Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency - Varanasi: