UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to form ‘Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region’ along the lines of the Delhi-National Capital Region.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to form ‘Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region’ along the lines of the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
CM Yogi said this during a review meeting of the Housing and Urban Planning Department, Housing Development Council and all urban development authorities on Friday.
“Due to continuous-coordinated efforts, the state capital Lucknow is today being equipped with state-of-the-art urban facilities. People from different cities want to come here and make it their permanent residence”, the chief minister said.
The pressure of the population is increasing in the neighbouring districts as well and there are complaints of unplanned development at times. Keeping in view the needs of the future, Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UPSCR) should be formed on the lines of NCR, he said.
The CM asked officials to prepare a proposal in this regard and Lucknow and its surrounding districts like Unnao, Sitapur, Rae Bareli, Barabanki and Kanpur could be included in the UPSCR.
He also said that while deciding on the development projects, the situation arising in the next 50 years should be taken into consideration and authorities will have to consider doing their own financial management for their projects.
According to the vision of the Prime Minister, if we have to achieve the goal of a $1 trillion economy, then we have to increase urbanization. The role of development authorities is very important in this. Development authorities will have to move spontaneously with the help of technology for investment, employment and innovation. All the authorities should make such efforts according to their vision,” the CM directed the officials of the development authorities.
In the meeting, CM Yogi said, “The policy of zero tolerance against the land mafia will continue and directed that strictest action against it, be it government or private, should be taken”.
He also called for working expeditiously on the action plan to develop Ayodhya as a solar city as it will give a unique identity to the city on the global stage. “The world will get a great message of energy conservation from Ayodhya”, CM Yogi Adityanath added.
(Manish )
