Uttar Pradesh State PCS

• 05 Jan 2022

Laying of Foundation Stone of new Unit of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)

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• On January 4, 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of the new unit of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) building 'Commando Training Center' in Deoband of Saharanpur district and the fire stations of different districts of the state. Launched.

Key Points

• The Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the. foundation stone of 112 development projects worth Rs 199 crore in Saharanpur district. These include the inauguration of 61 projects worth Rs 162.98 crore and foundation stone laying of 51 projects worth Rs 45.86 crore. Also, on this occasion, the Chief Minister presented tablets and smartphones to the students.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that free of cost tablets and smartphones are being provided to 1 crore students by the state government for the memory of the country and the state. On the other hand, ATS center is being built for security.
• In view of the global pandemic like Corona, the state government has decided to connect the youth energy with tablets and smartphones for the preparation of online education, online exams and competitions.
• The youth who will get tablets and smartphones will include students from medical, nursing, paramedical, pharmacy, engineering, polytechnic, ITI, universities and colleges.
• ATS 56 commandos will always be stationed in the center for security. This Anti-Terrorist Squad will be effective in stopping terrorist activities in western Uttar Pradesh. Along with this, he will work for the security of the citizens of the country and the state.

Digital Launch and Foundation Stone of Various Projects of Urban Development

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• On January 4, 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in a program organized at Lok Bhawan, Lucknow, online transfer of more than 500 crore rupees of first, second and third installment in the bank accounts of 58,903 beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Including digital inauguration and foundation stone of various projects worth Rs 3,800 crore for urban development.

Key Points

• In these projects, about Rs 909 crore projects of Smart City Mission were inaugurated and foundation stone was laid.
• Also, 28 solid waste processing plants costing more than Rs 627 crore, 13 legacy waste remediation, 1 waste to energy plant in Agra district and 1100 public toilets/pink toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam Urban Under the AMRUT Mission and state sector projects worth more than Rs 926 crore were inaugurated and foundation stone laid.
• Apart from these, the foundation stone of the office building of the Municipal Corporation Ayodhya and Mathura-Vrindavan and the projects worth Rs 506 crore of the Municipal Corporation Ghaziabad were inaugurated and the foundation stone was laid for 1000 pre-wi-fi zone projects in 651 municipal bodies of the state.
• On this occasion, a tripartite MoU was also signed between the State Government, Municipal Corporation Kanpur and German agency GIZ to prevent plastic waste from entering the river system for environmental protection and for organic management of garbage. Additional Chief Secretary Urban Development Dr. Rajneesh Dubey and Project Head, GIZ Ms. Vaishali Nandan exchanged the MoU.
• During the program, short films focusing on Waste Management in Agra Municipal Corporation and innovations of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation were screened.
• Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the State Government has expanded the limits of 61 municipal bodies in the last five years along with formation of 3 new municipal corporations, 3 new municipalities, 84 new nagar panchayats. At present there are 734 municipal bodies in the state.
• On this occasion electric bus service and electric bus depot facility were started in 7 cities- Meerut, Agra, Mathura-Vrindavan, Aligarh, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur and Moradabad.