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Varanasi: The inaugural ceremony of the two-day PM Gati Shakti Multi Modal Jal Marg Summit 2022 on behalf of the Waterways Authority of India was held on Friday at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hastkala Sankul. The conference, organized under the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, included Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Government of India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, besides Bangladesh Minister Khalid Mohammad. Chowdhary also participated.
In the conference, the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan is to be shared between the central and state governments as well as the people associated with the industry. During his address at the conference, the Chief Minister said that in the last five and a half years, Uttar Pradesh has achieved new heights in the field of infrastructure development.
Under the leadership of PM, not only Varanasi, the whole country is progressing.
The Chief Minister thanked the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India for organizing the PM Gatishakti Multi Modal Inland Waterways Conference 2022. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the MP from the oldest city of the world in Kashi, where this conference is being organized. Under the vision, leadership and guidance of the Prime Minister, not only Varanasi but Uttar Pradesh and the entire country is scaling new heights.
Chief Minister attending the inaugural session of Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti Conference held in Varanasi @myogiadityanath Yes#PMGatiShaktiWaterwaysSummit
— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) November 11, 2022
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UP scales new heights in infrastructure development
The Chief Minister said that UP has achieved new heights in infrastructure development in five and a half years. Uttar Pradesh is moving at a fast pace towards becoming a state with 13 express highways. Along with this, the border areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, including the Nepal border, have been connected with four-lane connectivity under interstate connectivity. The state is fortunate that the East and West Dedicated Freight Corridor passes through UP. We are developing this region as a logistics hub. Apart from this, UP has also achieved new heights in air connectivity.
It is the good fortune of all of us that the successful Prime Minister of the country, Mr. @narendramodi Represent in the Parliament of the country as G MP: #UPCM @myogiadityanath pic.twitter.com/GFt6VZLqxp
— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) November 11, 2022
Farmers’ income and confidence both increased
The Chief Minister informed that the agricultural products of Uttar Pradesh are being exported all over the world. With the development of infrastructure, today food grains are being exported on a large scale from agricultural districts like Ballia, Deoria, Kushinagar, Jaunpur, Chandauli etc. This has not only increased the income of the farmers, but has also boosted their confidence. Not only this, during the Karona period, when the work in many sectors was disrupted, even at that time there was strength in the agriculture sector in Uttar Pradesh. During the Corona period, 40 lakh migrant workers and workers came to UP. We not only made arrangements for their accommodation, food and medical treatment in all the areas by putting up teams, but skill mapping of workers was also done on a large scale. We prepared a database that how many drivers are there among the incoming workers, who are the workers and artisans. Along with this, a complete blueprint of the skills of each worker was prepared.
I would heartily thank the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India for organizing this conclave of the Prime Minister Gati Shakti Multi Modal Land Waterway in Varanasi, the world’s oldest and holy city of Lord Bholenath.@sarbanandsonwal @shipmin_india pic.twitter.com/DDaPq2UP20
— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) November 11, 2022
Will soon end the problem of flood from UP
He told that not a single industry was allowed to be closed in Uttar Pradesh during the Corona period. Arrangements were made with care. From covid helpdesk to oxygen, arrangements were made in the industries. We got this inspiration of Kovid management from the Prime Minister’s motto of ‘Save Life and Livelihood’. The Chief Minister said that there is immense potential in inland waterways in UP. Uttar Pradesh is a state of rivers. Due to our rivers being Himalayan, silt also accumulates in them on a large scale. Due to this, the problem of flood used to arise in 38 to 40 districts of the state earlier. We have done dredging of rivers on a war footing, after which only three to four districts are left where the problem of floods arises. We will solve this problem as soon as possible. We are moving fast towards achieving the goal of self-reliance. The largest cluster of MSMEs is in UP. Along with this, we are working on a large scale to promote the ODOP of the state. The Chief Minister said that in this two-day conference of PM Gati Shakti, we will explore all those possibilities which will help in realizing the Prime Minister’s resolve of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The central and state governments will work together to take forward the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan.
