Varanasi mayor Ashok Tiwari announced a Shiva theme park, food plaza and museum in Bhelupur by 2028. Multi-level parking facilities are planned at Assi Ghat, Maidagin, Bhadaini and Sarnath, along with five sports centres, a working women’s hostel, renovation of 40 ponds and tanks, cleaning of 1,000 wells and beautification of 150 parks.

The city has shut 23 of 27 open garbage collection points; work is under way on the remaining four. Its Swachh Survekshan ranking improved from 41st in 2023 to 17th in 2025. Over three years, sanitation workers increased from 4,075 to 7,428, revenue collection rose from ₹94.36 crore to ₹415 crore without property tax increases, and the municipal budget grew from ₹843 crore to ₹2,775.44 crore. The civic body reclaimed 1,250 bighas of encroached land worth around ₹700 crore for its land bank.