UP CM Yogi Adityanath holds 'Janata Darshan' in Gorakhpur

Chief Minister also heard the grievances and demands of the people and interacted with them, especially women citizens.

CM Adityanath arrived in Gorakhpur on Saturday and announced development initiatives worth Rs 1,500 crore, including the inauguration of projects valued at Rs 1,000 crore and the foundation-laying of new works worth Rs 500 crore.

Speaking at the event, CM Yogi said, "Today Gorakhpur is getting the gift of projects worth Rs 1,500 crores. Projects worth Rs 1,000 crores are being inaugurated, and the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 500 crores is being laid."

UP CM also recalled the dire state of power supply in the region before 2017.

"Before 2017, electricity was hardly available in Gorakhpur. There was a rotation of 5 hours in urban areas and 5 hours in rural areas. Electricity used to come for one week at night and not for the other week. This was the situation before 2017," he said.

He emphasised that development is the only path forward, taking a veiled dig at political opponents."There can be no alternative to development. Those who failed to bring progress are the ones trying to disrupt the harmony of society," the Chief Minister remarked.

Talking about the ongoing pace of development in the country, the Chief Minister praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

"Before 2014, India was drowning in corruption and faced a climate of distrust. Terrorism and Naxalism posed major threats to national security. But in the last 10 years, we have seen the rise of a new India--an India that is setting global benchmarks in development and decisively tackling internal threats," CM Yogi said.

On Friday, CM Yogi Adityanath said that AIIMS Gorakhpur was making steady progress and contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a developed India. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several development projects worth Rs 91 crore at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology in Gorakhpur. (ANI)