India, Nov. 1 -- VARANASI Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan on Friday noted Varanasi's remarkable transformation over the past 25 years and attributed this progress to the "visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath."

He graced the inauguration of the new satram (lodging facility) constructed by the Sri Kasi Nattukkottai Nagara Satram Managing Society at Sigra, Varanasi, as the chief guest. The event was also attended by chief minister Yogi Adityanath who welcomed Radhakrishnan at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport upon his arrival, as per an official release from vice-president's Secretariat.

The facility was inaugurated by the vice-president in presence of chief minister Yogi Ad...