New Delhi: Kanpur city Uttar Pradesh will soon have a magnificent riverfront along the Ganga river, announced Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while reviewing development projects of Kanpur division. He has also directed officials to prepare an action plan so that work could be initiated for a grand riverfront along the river.
Recalling the last visit of PM Modi to Kanpur, Yogi Adityanath said: “The Prime Minister was all praise for clean water of Ganga so we give him the gift of riverfront in consonance with his feelings towards Ganga.”
The Chief Minister said that Ganga river touches many districts of Kanpur division, so the projects under ‘Namami Gange’ should be implemented in an effective manner.
CM Yogi said this while reviewing the development projects of Kanpur division comprising Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Auraiya and Etawah via video link.
After Gomti river in Lucknow, Kanpur will become the second city in Uttar Pradesh to have a riverfront.
The Chief Minster also asked officials to speed up Smart City projects and the Metro project in Kanpur and pointed out that the under-construction Bundelkhand Expressway will pass through Etawah and Auraiya districts of the division. This will give a fillip to the economic growth of the state, he said.
Taking stock of Coronavirus in the city, the Chief Minister asked officials to not let guard down in fight against the virus as next 6 months are crucial.
“The one-third of the total COVID tests per day should be conducted through RT-PCR and the rest by Rapid Antigen method,” he said.
Yogi Adityanath also laid stress on 100% geo-tagging of toilets constructed under PM Awas Yojana, CM Awas Yojana or Swachha Bharat Mission.
