VARANASI, May 27 -- Varanasi mayor Ashok Tiwari on Tuesday announced that a grand Shiva theme park, food plaza and museum will be developed in Bhelupur by 2028 as part of the city's development plans. Addressing a press conference after completing three years as mayor, Tiwari also announced the construction of multi-level parking facilities at Assi Ghat, Maidagin, Bhadaini and Sarnath. He said five new sports centres, a working women's hostel, renovation of 40 ponds and tanks, cleaning of 1,000 wells and beautification of 150 parks would also be carried out. The mayor said Varanasi is moving towards becoming a "garbage-free city" and claimed it would become the first city in the country to be completely free from open garbage dumping points. He said 23 out of 27 garbage collection points in the city have already been shut, while work is underway to remove the remaining four. Tiwari presented details of the achievements made by the Varanasi Nagar Nigam over the past three years and shared a roadmap for the next two years. He said Varanasi had improved its position in the Swachh Survekshan rankings from 41st place in 2023 to 17th place in 2025....