The Chief Minsiter, Mr Akhilesh Singh Yadav while dedicating 67 development works worth of Rs 12,544 lakh at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Univesity of Agriculture and Technology on Monday said the state government was committed towards the economic progress of the state and thus it has laid especial emphasis on agriculture and to adopt newer methods of farming . He said if the farmers were timely provided with seeds and fertilisers the food grain production will certainly go up. He said the onus rests on farm scientists to ensure they develop new varieties of seeds and farming techniques.
He cited the example of Canada and said the despite being extremely cold it always had a bumber crop. He said the irony was that all those who were behind the highest foodgrain production were Indian who were working in the green houses iin Canada. He added that Uttar Pradesh had the best resources and thus on its basis it had made rapid advancements but much was still to be done . He said UP had the biggest canal system which not only catered to the need of the people but farming and irrigation facilities as well.
He said today UP was the fore runner in milk production and it had the highest number of milch cattle. All this together had made this state economically progressive. He said Kanpur was the leader in potato production and said that in UP there was a demand for 2 crore eggs per day but the state was able to cater to half of its demand remaining was being imorted from different states. He said there were enough opportunities in this area and said there as an urgent need to fill this gap and said it could certainly benefit the people if the government focuses on poultry as well. He said 2200 people had raised a demand for Kamdhenu Yojana and the UP government has decided that every person was benefited under this scheme.
He then dedicated 67 development works worth of Rs 12,544 lakh and also laid the foundation stone for some. He also laid the foundation stone for two projects of medical education and two for medical health . Most of the development works were related to repair of roads. later he admitted that growth of UP was not at par with Gujarat and said UP government was making concerted efforts to ensure UP stood at par. He said there has been umpteen complaints regarding the quality of roads being constructed and said special directives have been issued to ensure that there was not compromise in quality of the roads. Prominent others who were present on the occasion were Agriculture Minister, Mr Anand Singh, Mr Shiv Kumar Beria, Mr Sukhram Singh Yadav while in district officials, Divisional Commissioner, Mr Mahesh Kumar Gupta, IG, DIG, District Magistrate, City, Ms Roshan Jacob, KDA VC, Mr Jaishree Bhoj Yadav and several others.