Lucknow Apr 20 PTI Following a recent spurt in coronavirus cases Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the officials to maintain utmost vigil on the health of children especially in the NCR districts and to create awareness about COVID-19 protocol in schools In the last 24 hours 103 new positive cases were reported in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 33 in Ghaziabad The chief minister stressed on wearing face masks and vaccinating the remaining population in the National Capital Region districts Gautam Buddh Nagar Ghaziabad Hapur Meerut Bulandshahr and Baghpat and Lucknow He also directed the officials to make effective use of public address system to create awareness a government spokesperson said At present Uttar Pradesh houses 856 active cases In the last 24 hours 113 lakh tests were conducted and 170 new COVID-19 patients tested positive for the virus In the same period 110 people recovered from the infection The progress of the vaccination campaign is satisfactory but there is a need to accelerate the inoculation of children the spokesperson said With over 3086 crore COVID-19 jabs the entire population aged above 18 has received at least one dose of the vaccine while more than 8669 per cent of adults have received both doses he said Among adolescents in the 15-17 age group 9426 per cent have received the first dose The government is also focusing on fully vaccinating young adolescents in the age group of 12-14 he said PTI SAB CJ CJ

Lucknow Feb 19 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the agenda of the BJP is to make Uttar Pradesh a proud state once again Taking a dig at Jawaharlal Nehru Shah said it took a Modi government to complete an irrigation project whose foundation stone was laid by the countrys first prime minister The agenda of the BJP is to once again take Uttar Pradesh to the top of the list of most prosperous most literate states Shah said during the enlightened class conference organised by BJP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Seth here Referring to the inauguration of multiple long-pending irrigation projects in Uttar Pradesh by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently Shah said The Bhoomi Pujan was done by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1961 and it has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just a few days ago It took 59 years to complete the projects which is more than my age 57 years Even the foundation stone of the project which was laid back then was lost We have worked to get a stone named after Jawaharlal Nehru installed Shah said The home minister cautioned that the governments running on the basis of casteism dynasty and appeasement can never do good to Uttar Pradesh Appreciating the works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Shah said the BJP government improved law and order in the state and as a result Azam Khan Ateeq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari were all in jail at the same time after 15 years Stressing that the BJP ended criminalisation of politics and politicisation of administration Shah said Today officers take decisions according to the Constitution laws and rules due to which many things have been set right He said in the last five years development in Uttar Pradesh was evident in health education and infrastructure sectors with financial support from the central government Targeting Samajwadi Party Shah said a state that lacks adequate infrastructure cannot progress Akhilesh Yadav used to provide 24 hours electricity to Saifai and Lucknow but the Yogi government has given enough electricity to every village and city he said Further Shah said the BJP government had in the last five years fixed three big issues in Uttar Pradesh the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy the temple of Kashi Vishwanath and Ma Vindhyavasini temple PTI SAB CJ CJ

Lucknow Dec 24 PTI Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday promised regular and cheap power supply for agricultural domestic and industrial purposes if voted to power Had the proposed power plants in Etah and other districts been built the people of Uttar Pradesh would not have been compelled to buy electricity at the highest rate in the country his tweet in Hindi targeting the BJP government read He further wrote When the SP government takes over we reiterate our resolve to provide more relief than anticipated and regular cheap electricity to agriculture households industries and businesses During a rally at Iglas in Aligarh on Thursday the SP-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance promised martyr status to the farmers who died during the agitation against the three farm laws and Rs 1 crore to each of their families if it formed the government PTI SAB CJ CJ

Lucknow Dec 23 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the opposition parties of painting a communal colour to the upcoming elections and stressed on the necessity to warn people against such designs She also urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the alleged illegal land deals near the upcoming Ram Temple in Ayodhya The opposition parties including the BJP Samajwadi Party and others are busy painting a Hindu-Muslim colour to the elections to hide their shortcomings The BSP people will have to go to every village and every house to warn the people This task must begin now Mayawati who has convened a meeting of in-charges of all the 18 divisions and all 75 district presidents to review poll preparations told reporters Taking a dig at the BJPs claims of winning more than 300 seats the former chief minister asked why in that case were the saffron partys senior leaders ministers and the chief minister going all out making announcements laying foundation stones and launching half-baked projects in the state just before the electionsMayawati said the SP too had been following a similar pattern and that the public was smart enough to realise thisTo a question on newspaper reports about relatives of BJP leaders and government officials allegedly purchasing land illegally near the Ram Temple project in Ayodhya the BSP supremo said the Supreme Court needs to take note and order a high-level inquiry into it It is a very serious matter My party would want the Supreme Court to take notice and if the allegations are true the state government needs to get the deals cancelled she said The Uttar Pradesh government has on Wednesday ordered a probe by the revenue department into the case On the passage of the bill to link Aadhaar with the voter ID in Parliament Mayawati said it was the Centres responsibility to conduct an open debate in both Houses prior to passing it Our party does not agree to this she said Mayawati said the people had seen all prominent parties in power in the state and expressed confidence that they will choose the BSP in the upcoming elections as her party had delivered the best at all levels of administration PTI SAB CJ CJ