CM: Chitrakoot to have air connectivity with Lko, Delhi

Lucknow: Promising that flights would soon start operating from the Chitrakoot airport, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that the district would be connected directly to Delhi and Lucknow via air.“The Bundelkhand Expressway has become a lifeline for the district and work on defence manufacturing corridor is on. A major industrial unit is also expected to invest there soon,” he said.Speaking in Chitrakoot on Wednesday where he inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 124 projects worth Rs 951 crore, the CM said that had Chitrakoot elected a BJP MLA in 2022 or a BJP MP in 2024, the constituency would have seen greater development.“Those who call themselves Samajwadi are afraid of coming to Chitrakoot. They do politics in the name of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia but promote their family. On coming to power, they work only for the family. They cannot see or think beyond the Saifai family,” Yogi said, adding “Ramayan Melas were started in Chitrakoot because of Dr Lohia but SP distanced itself from Ram and considered Aurengzeb and Babur as its ideals.”“Previous govts used to waste taxpayers’ money in getting boundary walls built for ‘kabristan’ (graveyards) and facilitating land encroachments in the name of waqf, whereas the BJP govt is investing in the beautification of Maharshi Valmiki’s Lalapur Ashram, Sant Tulsidas’s birthplace Rajapur, the Mandakini bank, and the Kamadgiri Parikrama Marg,” he said.

The CM added that 64,000 acres of land encroached during the SP regime had been freed, and universities, hospitals, and industries were being established there.He said that an agreement was reached with Indonesia during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country, to export BrahMos missiles which would be made in Uttar Pradesh.“The Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyang University has been granted state university status,” Yogi said.

He also praised the management of Chitrakoot Inter College, saying that its 7,000 students will become the foundation of ‘Viksit Chitrakoot’ and ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’.“Under BJP, development is reaching every section of society without any discrimination. This includes govt jobs for 9.5 lakh youths, free ration, housing, toilets, electricity connections, cooking gas, and Ayushman health cover to the poor. In Chitrakoot, a new centre of eco-tourism is also being developed through Ranipur Tiger Reserve,” the CM said.