‘Upload videos of corrupt officials’

AGRA: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that his government was working hard to make Uttar Pradesh a prosperous state where citizens lived without fear. Addressing a public meeting in Firozabad, the CM also assured full support to potential investors and talked tough on corruption.

Yogi said his government would teach the corrupt a lesson and urged citizens to upload videos of officials who were “delaying tasks for ulterior motives”.

“Upload videos of corrupt officials on the anti-corruption portal and action will follow against the guilty. They will be taught how to perform their duty. The government will make them work honestly for the public,” Yogi Adityanath said.

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The chief minister, who spent over an hour in Firozabad and addressed beneficiaries of various developmental projects launched by the state government, applauded the local industrialists’ dedication in bringing international recognition to the city’s glass industry.

Talking about his plans for Firozabad under the ‘One District, One Product’ scheme, he said, “The glass industry will get full support from the state government.”

“Firozabad has been included in ‘Amrit Yojna’ ( for upgrade of drainage systems) and special plans are on the anvil for the labourers working in the glass industry,” said the CM.

On the occasion, Yogi also accorded sanction for establishing a 400 kva power substation in Sofipur area and an over-bridge at Asafabad area.

Besides, he laid foundation stones for schemes worth over ₹34 crore and inaugurated projects worth over ₹2.5 crore. The CM detailed measures being taken for potato farmers, including the promotion board constituted to help them as well was efforts to offer them an adequate support price.

He also spoke about the government’s statewide ‘School Chalo’ campaign, which is to be launched on April 2.