Varanasi (UP) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an eye hospital in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday which will offer comprehensive consultations and treatments for various conditions.

Run by the Kanchi Math, R J Sankara Eye Hospital will benefit people of 20 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as those living in the border areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, people associated with the Kanchi Math said.

This is the Kanchi Math's 14th hospital in the country. The target is to conduct 30,000 free eye surgeries every year, they said.

Modi is on a day-long visit to Varanasi during which he will launch a number of development initiatives, including multiple airport projects across the country worth over Rs 6,100 crore.

He arrived at Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport here earlier in the day and was welcomed by Governor Anandiben Patel and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

As the prime minister's motorcade made its way from the airport towards the city, it was showered with petals by people gathered on roads. He was welcomed with drumbeats.

Ahead of the hospital's inauguration, Modi met the Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Math.

He also visited an exhibition organised here. He was accompanied by Patel and Adityanath.