Lucknow: Hailing Uttar Pardesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for eliminating mafias and undertaking a lot of development work in the state, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that 'UP plus Yogi bahut hai UPYOGI'
He said this while speaking during a rally after laying foundation stone of 594-km long Ganga expressway in Uttar Pradesh.
Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister B L Varma were among those present on the occasion.
As per an official statement, the Prime Minister remarked that the modern infrastructure that is being built in UP today shows how the resources are used properly.
"You have clearly seen how public money was used earlier. But today the money of Uttar Pradesh is being invested in the development of Uttar Pradesh", the Prime Minister emphasized.
The Prime Minister said when the whole of UP grows together, the country progresses. Therefore, the focus of the double engine government is on the development of UP.
'With the mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas, we are making sincere efforts for the development of UP", he added.
The Prime Minister brought the focus to the situation five years ago.
"Except in some areas of the state, electricity was not available in other cities and villages. The government of double engine has not only given about 80 lakh free electricity connections in UP, but every district is being given many times more electricity than before", he added.
He said more than 30 lakh poor people got pucca houses and this campaign will continue to cover all the remaining entitled beneficiaries. In Shahjahanpur also 50 thousand pucca houses were built.
He recalled the abysmal law and order situation in the state that changed for the better in recent times. The Prime Minister gave the formulation U.P.Y.O.G.I - UP plus Yogi bahut hai upyogi (is very useful).
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