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Sixmonths after the 2014 general elections, Business Standard tracks the developments in the two most high- profile Lok Sabha constituencies, Varanasi and Amethi, and compares these with the promises made during the campaigns Diwakar can barely hide his excitement about the kind of things waiting to happen in " his Varanasi" in a matter of months. Fresh from evening darshan at the Lord Shiva temple inside the campus, the post- graduate student of Banaras Hindu University ( BHU) authoritatively talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi makeover agenda — some already announced and some about to be announced soon. The self- confessed Modi bhakt's ' to do' and ' has been done' lists are really long. The latter includes 24x7 Wi- Fi connectivity at two of the important Ganga ghats, a trade facilitation centre to help weavers, the complete makeover of the railway station and the 15.3- km new ring road connecting national highways 56 and 29 on the ou...