Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted a site inspection of the water supply project at the Jal Sansthan premises located in Kamachha (Bhelupur) here on Thursday night. During the inspection Mayor Ashok Tiwari and officials of Jal Sansthan informed the CM about the project. Divisional Commissioner (DC) Kaushal Raj Sharma and District Magistrate (DM) S Rajalingam along with other officers and public representatives were also present on the occasion.
The CM arrived in the city on his two-day visit in the evening and after holding a review meeting with the officers at Circuit House, Yogi went to Apna Ghar Ashram in Samne Ghat area and met the inmates there. He also inquired about their well-being and appreciated the arrangement of the ashram. He inaugurated the building ‘Prabhu Seva Kendra’ built by Nirmala Birla and provided a cheque of `42,38,935 on behalf of UPPCL and `2,22,800 on behalf of District Rifle Club to the manager of the ashram. Appreciating Apna Ghar Ashram, the CM said it is the service of ‘Narayan’ (Almighty) in the form of a man. “Surely this effort of the doctor couple is commendable. Due to this the helpless people of the society are getting support. Such ashrams should be established at other places as well. The people of the society should ensure their active participation in this work,” he said, adding that in Apna Ghar Ashram all necessary facilities like treatment, food, clothing, residence and other necessities are provided to the destitute without any charges and with the cooperation of the society. Apna Ghar Ashram was established on October 14, 2018, by senior eye specialist Dr K Niranjan and his wife dental surgeon Dr Katyayani along with their team to serve the helpless, destitute and sick persons on the banks of holy river Ganga. A 100-bed (50 each for men and women) residential building has also been made available by the couple and later keeping in view the increasing number its capacity was gradually increased to 300. After that he reached Kal Bhairav Mandir and offered prayers. He then visited Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT). It was his third visit to the KVT during the ongoing auspicious month of Shravan. The CM directed the officials that the devotees visiting the temple in the month of Shravan should not face any kind of trouble and better facilities should be provided to the visitors. Earlier, he reviewed the development works and law and order and gave strict instructions to the officers at a meeting in the Circuit House. He instructed the officers to ensure completion of the under construction development works by launching a campaign on a war footing. He instructed the officers to keep all preparations complete to deal with possible flood situation and ensure that the government facilities are provided to the affected people immediately in the event of flood. Besides, he laid emphasis on the expansion of the city and starting of bus services along the Ring Road. “A transport town should be set up on the side of the Ring Road and the warehouse should be shifted,” he said. Yogi instructed the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to complete all preparations to deal with communicable diseases on time and in view of infectious diseases like dengue, chikungunya etc, proper arrangements should be made in the hospitals, including spraying of insecticides in the affected areas. He directed that 24-hour presence of doctors in OPD should be ensured and surveillance teams should be kept active. The CM asked the officers of Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) to ensure easy redressal of problems of general public and directed all departmental officers to sit in their respective offices on time and ensure that the problems of general public are resolved on priority. He also directed the officers that street vendors should be rehabilitated safely in the zones and there should be regular cleaning of the city apart from daily lifting of garbage. “Illegal stands of vehicles should not remain anywhere in the district,” he said, and directed the officers to solve problems of entrepreneurs and traders on priority. He asked the revenue officers to stay at night in their respective areas and SHOs should also stay at night in their police station areas apart from increasing foot patrolling. In most of these programmes, the CM was accompanied by UP Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh, UP ministers Anil Rajbhar and Ravindra Jaiswal, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari Saurabh Srivastava, T Ram, DC Kaushal Raj Sharma, Commissioner of Police (CP) Ashok Mutha Jain, DM S Rajalingam and others.