His impromptu road journey from Moradabad to Ghaziabad enlightened Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the ground realities and he ordered officers to travel by road to get first hand information about the state of ongoing development projects.
“It was a spontaneous decision of the chief minister to travel by road to Ghaziabad from Moradabad that left his security personnel a worried lot. Ignoring security threat, the undeterred chief minister embarked on a road trip of about 150 kms during which he was well received by the people along the route,” a senior official said.
The chief minister had gone to Moradabad on Saturday and from there he was to go to Ghaziabad where he was supposed to dedicate the Kailash Mansarovar building to the public. But because of inclement weather the chopper could not fly and the officials suggested that he should postpone his visit to Ghaziabad.
“He firmly told the staff to go ahead with the event and said he would travel by car instead,” the official said and added: “This, in fact, was deliberate on his part as he wanted to take firsthand stock of the ground realities in terms of condition of roads, arrangements of cleanliness and general amenities for the people of the state.”
On the route, he asked many questions about roads, hospitals, cleanliness and schools and interacted with a few to have hands-on information.
He took notes, some on I-pad and some mental, of his road travel and asked questions about some shortcomings he found in terms of cleanliness and other civic amenities.
“As it was not enough, on returning to the state capital, he immediately asked the officials about what he noticed during the visits,” the official said.
“He also indicated that he would take such impromptu trips in future or even planned ones to make on-the-spot inspection of the public amenities and facilities,” the official said.
Later, the chief minister asked officials to take road trips to different parts of the state to see the status of ongoing development schemes.