The construction of the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed and will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Monday that sometime next week. The Chief Minister said that the work on Ganga Expressway is going on fast.
Addressing a press conference on the occasion of completion of the first 100 days of the second term of the Yogi government, the Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh is moving towards becoming a growth engine for the country’s economy and realizing the goal of achieving one trillion. Used to be. To make a significant contribution to the dollar economy in the next five years in the PM’s vision of a five trillion dollar economy for the country.
CM Yogi said that it is due to the leadership of the PM and the concern of the people, especially the poor and deprived people as well as the development oriented policies and efforts of the government that the people of UP are reposing their faith in him and his team after the election. . Election. CM Yogi in this context referred to the defeat of the opposition parties, mainly the SP, BSP and Congress, in the recent election to the State Legislative Council, noting that the Upper House would eventually be “Congress-mukt” (free from Congress). has gone. He also referred to the defeat of the opposition in the parliamentary by-elections held in Rampur and Azamgarh.
CM Yogi said that soon after assuming office for the second time in a row, his cabinet selected 10 sectors to accelerate the development of the state and presentations of projects were given by the ministries and related departments. Subsequently, PM Modi launched projects worth over Rs 80,000 crore to accelerate the development of the state.
Yogi pointed out that in the first budget of Rs 6.15 lakh crore in his second term, which is double the state budget in 2017, 95 out of 130 promises made in the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra were made and persistent efforts were made to fulfill them. are going. them.
Reiterating his commitment to maintain law and order in the state, Yogi said illegal assets worth Rs 844 crore acquired by the mafia have either been confiscated or demolished in the first 100 days of his second term. He said that the government has freed 68,784 encroachment sites and 76,196 illegal parking places from the clutches of mafia and criminals by adopting the policy of zero tolerance against crime and criminals. He said that 2,273 criminals involved in crimes against women have also been punished under the POCSO Act.
Yogi said that 1.20 lakh mics have been removed from different places without any noise and whether it is Ram Navami or Eid, festivals are celebrated peacefully while today there is no public function on the streets.
Yogi said that this initiative has also led to a significant increase in investment in the state and the government plans to provide direct and indirect employment to 25 lakh people in the last five years, pointing out that in the last 100, 10,000 youths have been created. Government job has been provided. Day. Yogi said that according to official figures, the unemployment rate of UP has come down from 18 percent in 2016 to 2.9 percent.
For farmers and agriculture sector, CM Yogi said that Rs 47,265 crore has been transferred in the accounts of 2.55 crore farmers. PM Kisan Along with the Samman Nidhi, sugarcane farmers have also been paid Rs. 12,535 crore cane price. Yogi said that crop loans worth Rs 4,635 crore have been disbursed to 8 lakh farmers while irrigation arrangements have been made in 21 lakh hectares of land.
CM Yogi said that one lakh new beneficiaries have been added in Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana and the government has increased the pension to Rs 1,000 for old and destitute women, disabled and widows.
Yogi said that Rs 400 crore has been provided to 82,520 SHGs as revolving and community investment support funds.
He said that the government endeavors to plant 35 crore saplings in the state in five years, and on the occasion of Independence Day 75 saplings would be planted in every village of the state.
Moreover, CM Yogi said that UP is all set to become a data center hub with 4 data centers on the cards. The data centers will provide employment to 4,000 youth.
Yogi said that along with the construction of new expressways, highways and airports in UP, along with the development of industrial corridors, infrastructural development is going on in full swing. Yogi said that UP has also successfully overcome diseases like Novel Coronavirus, Kala-azar, Malaria and Encephalitis.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brijesh Pathak and Jal Shakti and Disaster Management Minister Swatantra Dev Singh were also present on the occasion.
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