UP CM: 3 Years of Civic Delivery After Clearing Legacy Mess

Lucknow: Speaking at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the BJP’s unprecedented victory in all 17 municipal corporations reflected public trust and enabled rapid civic improvements. In three years the corporations have set new standards in cleanliness and infrastructure, moving Lucknow to the third rank in the national cleanliness survey. The Chief Minister acknowledged that a substantial portion of the term was consumed in repairing the damage of previous governments. “We had to fill the pits of sins and remove the garbage of corruption before real work could begin,” he remarked. He reiterated that every rupee spent on development belongs to the people and is being utilised transparently. During the event he laid the foundation stone and inaugurated 342 projects worth Rs 413 crore and released a publication on making Lucknow clean, beautiful and capable. He congratulated all mayors, 200 municipal council chairpersons, 545 nagar panchayat heads and nearly 14,000 ward members on completing three years in office. Adityanath urged citizens to take ownership of cleanliness by using dustbins, separating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste and refraining from damaging government property. He cited the example of people arriving in expensive cars to steal flower pots, noting that CCTV cameras now cover the city. He said the same discipline that turned the once-filthy Rashtriya Prerna Sthal into a memorial park with statues of national leaders can transform the entire city. The CM also recalled that before 2017, houses for the urban poor were rarely approved. The present government has delivered more than 65 lakh homes across urban and rural areas by focusing on four priority groups: the poor, youth, women and farmers. He added that global crude oil shocks have pushed petrol prices sharply higher in many countries, yet disciplined policies have kept inflation manageable in India.