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UP Chief Secy takes aerial survey of Expressway land

Abhishek Byahut

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Deepak Singhal on Saturday took an aerial survey of 400 acre embarked for setting up a modern, international and state-of-art food market in Yamuna Expressway area. It would be designed on the lines of Marche International de Rungis, the largest wholesale food market in the world located in Paris. The Chief Secretary has also directed SP and DM of Noida to prepare a traffic plan to ensure smooth passage of vehicle movement in Noida.

Singhal said that State Agricultural Produce Markets Board, UP will take the project of Food and Vegetable market for its development. “It would be largest market in India where producer of agricultural commodities would do business of fine and fresh vegetables. The farmers of Uttar Pradesh would be benefited from this project. We are going to lay the foundation stone to establish the project,”

“I have also asked SSP and DM to prepare a joint action plan to resolve traffic issues and encroachment in Noida and Greater Noida in one week. The state government will provide all resources to make traffic better,” Singhal said adding that the deliberations are also going with Baba Ramdev to allot 750 acres of land for setting up Patanjali Ayurved in the YEIDA area.

In a bid to promote industries, Singhal said that he has directed officials to develop Gautam Budh Nagar district as Industrial town hubs and lure investors for small and large enterprises to invest in integrated industrial town ship. “Chief minister wants a remarkable change in the city with creating job opportunities in several sectors for unemployed youths of UP,” he said.