Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off the world's first Diesel to Electric Converted Locomotive at Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) campus in Varanasi.

He also interacted with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - Ayushman Bharat at Banaras Hindu University. Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Prime Minister also paid obeisance at the Ravidas temple here.