Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 13 (HBTV): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrived in Varanasi on Monday for a two-day visit, during which he chaired a review meeting with public representatives from the Varanasi and Azamgarh divisions at the Circuit House auditorium, a press release from the Uttar Pradesh CMO stated.

In one-on-one interactions, the Chief Minister discussed local needs, development priorities, and the status of ongoing schemes in each constituency. The focus was on accelerating improvements in public utility services and ensuring attention to remote areas.

During the review, CM Yogi examined constituency-wise proposals related to the Public Works, Urban Development, and Tourism departments. He instructed the Principal Secretary (PWD) to promptly assess submissions from public representatives, prepare estimates, complete the necessary formalities, and commence work without delay.

Priority is to be given to essential roads, bridges, and culverts, particularly those linking industrial areas, block headquarters, and religious or tourist sites. Other proposed works will be executed in phases.

The Chief Minister also instructed officials to include the representatives’ proposals in the Urban Development Department’s upcoming projects. Tourism-related proposals from both divisions were reviewed, with directions for their prompt execution.

These projects include connecting roads to block headquarters, interlinking roads, access roads to religious sites, ROBs, bypasses, flyovers, bridges, culverts, ODR/MDR roads, black spot improvements, and pontoon bridges. The infrastructure upgrades aim to improve connectivity and stimulate local economic growth.

Reaffirming the government’s commitment, CM Yogi stated that every public utility and development project would be implemented with clear accountability for timely and quality execution.

The meeting was attended by ministers Anil Rajbhar, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Dara Singh Chauhan, Dayashankar Singh, Ravindra Jaiswal, Dr Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’, Girish Chandra Yadav, and Danish Azad Ansari, along with Legislative Council members and MLAs from the Varanasi and Azamgarh divisions.

(ANI)