Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserted on Saturday that his government was concerned with the problems faced by farmers and that they would look into further increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Yogi also showed his concern over the plight of potato growers and said that his government had started procuring potato at a record high rate and even hike it further.
``My government has always worked for the welfare of farmers and is concerned with the problems faces by potato growers. To facilitate the best MSP of produce to farmers, the state government will form a committee to invite suggestions,” asserted Yogi. The CM said this while inaugurating a new unit of Mohhidinpur sugar mill in Meerut whose crushing capacity has been raised.
Claiming that the new crushing unit of sugar mill will help 20,000 farmers of the area, Yogi targeted the opposition for the backwardness of farmers.
“Both the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party governments never worked for the welfare of farmers. Hence they kept the community away from development. But now my government has already brought farmers in the mainstream by facilitating them best facilities as well as highest support price for their produce,” asserted Yogi, highlighting that they were also given power connection and tube wells to raise their yield.
Hailing the sports industry of Meerut, Yogi said that his government had already adopted `One district, One project’ policy under which they the sports goods manufacturing units in the region would be furtehr boosted and provided with the best market in the country.
Announcing that Meerut would also be made a big educational hub in the coming days, the CM said that earlier governments made the western region as a `dark zone’ of the state. He said t hat since the BJP government came to power, each and every person or area have been included in development process. Yogi also said that to make better air connectivity of Meerut and other districts, his government has promoted regional air connectivity. ``Besides an international airport at Jewar (Noida), my government would soon start air connectivity of Meerut with other prominent cities,” the CM said.
Yogi also said that unlike the previous governments which were working on caste and religious lines, his government was working with the agenda of `development for all’.
He said that after BJP took povr reins, urban areas were getting 24-hour power supply while rural areas were getting 18 hours of supply. He said that an initiative to increase industrial development has been initiated and it was hoped that over Rs 2.5 lakh crore investment would pur into the state in the coming days.
The CM also highlighted how his government had improved law and order in the state, emphasizing on security of women. Besides Yogi, the meeting was also addressed by Sugarcane minister Suresh Rana, local MP Rajendra Agarwal and other BJP leaders.