A spurt in new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours across Uttar Pradesh with the detection of 170 fresh novel coronavirus positive cases, prompted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to instruct officials to ensure timely administration of the second dose to vaccine to the eligible people.
In the meeting with Team-9 to review the COVID-19 situation, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Wednesday, Yogi was informed that 159 COVID-19 patients recovered in the last 24 hours and the active cases stood at 914 in UP and out of them, 849 were being treated at home while the rest were hospitalised.
The chief minister said that the progress of the vaccination campaign in the state had been satisfactory but told officials to expedite the process of administering booster doses to people above 18 years of age.
Yogi said that in view of the increasing cases of monkeypox in different countries, caution should be taken in the state. As per Central government guidelines, the general public should be made aware about symptoms and treatment of monkeypox.
The chief minister asked the chief secretary and director general of police to ensure that the district magistrates and the district police chiefs remained sensitive to resolve the problems of people.
"Public's applications should be disposed of in a time-bound manner. Do not keep their cases pending. These should be reviewed continuously. Direct communication with the complainants should be made and their satisfaction level should be asked," he instructed.
"Illegal taxis, buses, rickshaw stands should not operate in any district. Wherever such activities are being conducted, they should be stopped immediately. It is the responsibility of the local administration to provide permanent parking space to the general public," the chief minister said.
GST collection up Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that due to concerted efforts, there was a continuous increase in the collection of goods and services tax (GST) in the state.
"We should do better. More and more businessmen should register themselves in GST. For this, they should be made aware and encouraged. Technology should also be used to increase revenue collection and facilitate businessmen," he said.
Yogi said that comprehensive reforms were required in the functioning of development authorities and directed all development authorities to prepare their current and future action plans which would be reviewed by the Chief Minister's Office soon.