CM Yogi launches 1,058 development projects worth Rs 2,791 crores in Maharajganj

New Delhi: Taking a dig at previous governments, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that those who divided people in the name of caste, or religion for votes, fled in times of crisis. “Development projects showcase new UP’s growth-oriented vision, there is no place for division and discrimination,” he asserted.

While launching 1,058 development projects worth Rs 2,791 crores in Maharajganj, CM Yogi said, “Such projects earlier in a single district were a far-fetched dream. Previously, there was only division of society for votes, today, the development is speaking for itself. There is no place for division or discrimination, but only a new spirit to take PM Modi’s vision to the villages, poor, farmers, youth, women and every section of the society.”

Criticising the previous governments for depriving the forest-dwelling Vantangiya community of their basic rights, Yogi Adityanath said that all their 18 settlements are becoming prosperous. “Vantangiyas were deprived of voting rights, ration card, even proper houses after independence. We did not discriminate on basis of caste, creed and religion, we benefited all our citizens with the government schemes,” he said.

He continued his attack saying, “Those who have been dividing in the name of caste.. what did these people give you? No housing, no toilets, no electricity, no cooking gas, no Ayushman Bharat cards.. no facilities were available. Now, in 6 years in UP, more than 54 lakh poor people have been given houses in rural and urban areas. Toilets to 2.61 crore people, ration to 15 crore people as well as free treatment facility, covid-19 vaccines were provided.”

Talking about the encephalitis scare before 2017, the CM said that Maharajganj was also like those districts of eastern UP where encephalitis used to start spreading with the onset of every monsoon. Hundreds of children used to fall prey to this disease. “In 40 years from 1977 to 2017, we have lost over thousands of innocent people of Eastern UP, but today the double-engine government’s capability, and the efforts made by public representatives along with the administration has led to the eradication of the disease”, CM Yogi said.

‘Maharajganj’s medical college inauguration in 6 months’

Furthermore, Yogi said that a medical college in Maharajganj was something that was not ever thought of. “Earlier there was a medical college only in Gorakhpur in Eastern UP. Today there is AIIMS, a medical college is being built in Kushinagar, medical colleges have also become functional in Deoria, Siddharthnagar, Basti, and Bahraich. It is being built in Balrampur and in Gonda and the medical college of Maharajganj will in all probability be inaugurated in next 6 months,” he said.

The government is working with full commitment to make specialist health facilities available to every citizen here. In line with the vision, a health ATM has also been inaugurated today, he added.

He further said that his government addressed all causes that were behind the spread of diseases like encephalitis such as lack of pure drinking water, cleanliness and toilets in the homes of the poor and poor arrangement at health centres. “Soon, pure drinking tap water connections will also be made available to every house in Maharajganj under the Har Ghar Nal scheme,” he said.

The CM said that the government is working towards empowering the youth. “We are providing tablets/smartphones to students to make them digitally advanced and are building stadiums and mini stadiums in even rural areas. The facility of Abhyudaya is giving desired results as about 54 candidates who got trained through Abhyudaya recently qualified under the UPPSC examinations,” he said.

“No one ever thought that the stadium would be constructed in remote rural areas. Four-lane and six-lane roads would be built in Maharajganj as well. Earlier it used to take so long to reach here, today we reached Maharajganj from Gorakhpur in just an hour,” the CM remarked.

Pankaj Chaudhary (Minister of State For Finance), Dr Dayashankar Mishra (Minister of State (Independent Charge) – AYUSH, Food Safety and Drug Administration), Ravikant Patel, Gyanendra Singh, Jaymangal Kannaujia, Prem Sagar Patel among others were present at the event.