Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted on-site inspection of the construction work of Phulwaria Four Lane during his two-day visit to the city here on Tuesday evening and directed the concerned officers to complete the work at the earliest by running a campaign on war footing. During the inspection, he laid special emphasis on expediting the work. The CM came here in view of the likely visit of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his parliamentary constituency next month.
Prior to this, Yogi inaugurated the Anna Kshetra at Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar Blind School in Durgakund. He said that Sanatan Dharma always inspires us to express our gratitude towards our ancestors, our tradition and all the great men who have contributed to the society. The CM landed at the helipad of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and then reached Durgakund located blind school by road and inaugurated the Anna Kshetra there.
He said that the inauguration of Anna Kshetra in the memory of Bhai Ji (Hanuman Prasad Poddar) is a pleasant moment. On this occasion, while paying tribute to the memories of Bhai Ji, he paid a humble tribute and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the entire trust. “We all know that in the Sanatan Dharma tradition of India, food donation is seen as a sacred donation and it has been given utmost importance in the Vedic tradition of India by calling it ‘Anna Brahma’. By keeping the food in the form of Brahma, this donation is considered a sacred donation,” he said.
He further said that the examples of the same can be found in Ramayana and many other grants (texts). “A person who has never made any donation in his life and no matter how many good deeds he has done after his life, never develops a sense of self-satisfaction in his life, even if he gets the kingdom of heaven,” he said, adding that no one can understand the importance of the name Anna more than an Indian and praised the opening of Anna Kshetra saying it a sacred work has been done for the school students and the needy people who come to visit Kashi.
“The PM has given a new vision to the lives and society of those whom we earlier called disabled by giving a name of Divyang to them and many programmes are going on at the central and state government level for the overall welfare of such people.
“If our charitable institutions and social organisations start discharging their responsibilities towards the society and the nation honestly, then there will be no room for deprivation anywhere in the society. There will be an atmosphere of happiness everywhere, there will be a situation of Ram Rajya. Gita Press’s Kalyan magazine worked to reach Sanatan Dharma and moral values in every home,” the CM said, adding that many welfare schemes are being run for the disabled by the central and state Governments.
UP Minister Ravindra Jaiswal, MLA Dr Neelkanth Tiwari, Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Zila Panchayat Chairperson Poonam Maurya, District President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and MLC Hansraj Vishwakarma, Krishna Kumar Jalan, Akhilesh Khemka, Rakesh Goyal, Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Santosh Das Satua Baba, Divisional Commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma, District Magistrate S Rajalingam and many others were also present. After the programme, the CM reached Durga Mandir and offered prayers.