Sending a clear message that laxity in crime control would not be tolerated, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that his government would take strict action against criminals as maintaining law and order was on top of it’s agenda.
“Those who challenge law and order will be severely dealt with. Recently the police has taken action against top criminals. That will continue as we believe that no one has the liberty to play with law and order,” Yogi said while addressing a public meeting at Deoria on Tuesday where he also announced the setting up of a medical college.
Yogi also launched `School Chalo Abhiyan’ and a fortnight-long vaccination drive against AES and JE. “A society can progress only if children of that country are educated. With this resolve we havegiven an impetus to bring children to school. The enrolment of students in this session has gone up by 32 lakh,” the Chief Minister said. Yogi said that NCERT syllabus has been introduced in state-run schools to bring students of UP at par with the students of convent schools. The CM also kicked-off a vaccination campaign against AES and JE and asked officials to ensure that children up to 15 years of age be vaccinated against the dreaded disease. “Health care facilities in this region is bad and therefore the government has decided to set up a medical college at Deoria. The district administration has been asked to provide space near district hospital to set up the medical college,” the Chief Minister said. Highlighting his government’s achievements, Yogi said, “Our government has opened 5,500 wheat purchase centres across the state. The government has already purchased 45 lakh metric ton of wheat from farmers and this time, we are aiming to purchase 50 lakh metric ton wheat. Farmers will get payment in their bank accounts within 72 hours.” The CM also inspected a Community Health Centre in Gauri Bazar and interacted with patients there. He went to the general ward and enquired from Sarita Devi whether she was getting proper treatment and free medicines.