PM cancels Varanasi visit due to rains
17 July 2015 6:10 AM IST
Heavy rain and electrocution of a worker at the rally ground forced PM Narendra Modi cancel his visit to his Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday – the second time in three weeks. Modi was scheduled to address a rally, inaugurate a power project scheme and open a trauma centre at the Banaras Hindu University.
Varanasi DM Pranjal Yadav said the PMO had sent a communication that Modi's visit has been cancelled. The visit was called off as it was felt that the public meeting would not be possible due to the incessant rains that hit Varanasi since Wednesday night, sources said.
Since early morning, there were frantic efforts to pump out water at the DLW Grounds, where Modi was scheduled to make a public address.
The other reason being cited for cancellation of the visit is the electrocution of a gardener Devnath of West Bengal at the DLW ground early on Thursday. Devnath was electrocuted after a wire broke at the 'pandal' on the ground, Yadav said.
Devnath slipped while working and caught hold of an electric wire, which broke and he received an electric shock, Station Officer of Manduadih police station Gopal Prasad Gupta said. He was rushed to a hospital, but succumbed on the way.
Modi had to cancel his visit to Varanasi on June 28, again because of heavy downpour that had left the DLW Grounds waterlogged.
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