Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed to the citizens to actively participate in the cleanliness drive to take off from September 15, so that it shapes up like a people’s movement.
Speaking at a private function in Jaunpur on Thursday, Yogi said that every individual should take part in the campaign.
“It is the responsibility of the people to ensure that no one throws garbage on the road. One should help the administration in keeping one’s area clean,” the Chief Minister said.
Yogi spoke about the menace of encephalitis in Gorakhpur and adjoining districts of eastern UP where children die due to the dreaded disease. “This year the number of patients has come down due to enhanced cleanliness. Drinking clean water and keeping the surrounding clean can protect us from many hazardous diseases,” he said.
Invoking Bharatiya Janata Party ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay, the Chief Minister said that Jaunpur had been the ‘karmasthali’ of the legendary leader who had a vision of Antyodaya and wanted smile to return to the face of the man deprived of basic facilities of life.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working on that vision to serve the last man standing. Jan Dhan Yojana is just an extension of this programme. Accounts of 32 crore people were opened in this campaign in which over Rs 82,000 crore was deposited,” he said.
Yogi said that the Prime Minister had made a commitment of providing houses to all by 2022 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. He said the UP government had built over eight lakh houses in a year.
“Besides, over 1.25 crore toilets have been constructed in just one year while over 52 lakh people have been given free gas connections,” he added.
Yogi also said that a medical university named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be opened and all state-run medical colleges would be brought under it.