Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 30 (NT): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditanath, on Thursday, laid the foundation stone for a new sugar mill in Munderwa area of Basti district.

"Previous governments closed sugar mills. Due to their wrong policies, in Gorakhpur and Basti districts, 31 out of 42 sugar mills were closed. We gave money for setting up sugar mills in Gorakhpur's Pipraich and Basti's Munderwa," said Yogi.

Yogi condemned the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) governments, saying, "The shutting down of sugar mills created disappointment among people as SP and BSP governments sold those mills."

"The previous governments did not care about the farmers and the deprived. Here is a government that is actually raising farmer issues and is doing something about it. We are starting these two mills and we will also ensure farmers get the right price for their yield," UP CM added.

"For the first time ever, farmers are being paid more than the support price for crops. For every quintal of wheat, farmers will be paid INR 1,745.The sugar mills will ensure that the farmers get the money for the crops on time, and we will take action against those who intentionally impedes this process and causes problems for the farmers" , CM concluded.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is  also slated to introduce a 10.5-km raised street in Ghaziabad on Friday. Hindon Elevated Road venture is the longest raised street in the nation and has been worked at an astounding expense of Rs 1147 crore.

The street associates UP Gate at Delhi-Ghaziabad outskirt to Rajnagar Extension, and is required to give enormous alleviation to suburbanites going to Meerut.

On the sidelines of the initiation of the street, the UP Chief Minister is additionally anticipated that would dispatch different activities worth Rs 341.48 crore. These tasks are from various divisions, for example, control organization, PWD, essential instruction and region organization.

“Over 90% of the work on the road was completed during the SP government, and only the finishing touches were left. All the funding was generated by our government. The final work was being delayed by the BJP government to show the public that it was their feat," SP's Ghaziabad president stated DNA.