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CM Adityanath meets PM Modi, Union Ministers; discusses development projects for UP

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 12, Jun 2017, 18:02 pm IST | UPDATED: 18, Jun 2017, 18:45 pm IST

CM Adityanath meets PM Modi, Union Ministers; discusses development projects for UP Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal.

The UP Chief Minister discussed various development projects in the state.

The UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath also met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and said, “We have been assured 73 State Highways will be converted into National Highways.”

“First time so many schemes have been cleared which include around Rs. 10,000 crore from Central Road Fund for construction of roads,” Adityanath added.

The chief minister would also propose to convert Allahabad-Jhansi national highway into four-lane.

Following his meet with the Union Ministers, Yogi Adityanath took to his Twitter account and said that these were courtesy meetings during which he also discussed some development projects of his state.

During his meeting with Power Minister Piyush Goyal, Adityanath said, “We discussed important issues like power generation and transmission and improvements in the supply of adequate power to the state”.

Before this, Adityanath had met on March 21 and April 9 with the Prime Minister.

Earlier in the day, the chief minister met Union finance minister Arun Jaitley at latter’s residence. It was dubbed as a courtesy meeting.

Adityanath also met Minister of state for power and coal, Piyush Goyal and discussed electricity transmission and supply improvement in the state.
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