Greater Noida, Nov 1 (Agency) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday launched development projects worth Rs 1,670 crore for Greater Noida, including the much awaited 85 cusec Gangajal water project, bringing 17 year long wait of the residents to an end. Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of these projects at Knowledge Park-4, Greater Noida, Yogi said, “A 176 km pipeline network has been laid here while 19 reservoirs have been constructed in 5 acres at the cost of Rs 376 crore. Around 4 lakh people will get pure drinking water through this pipeline.”
He said, “Gautam Buddha Nagar is evolving into the premier investment destination both nationally and internationally. In the past five and a half years, new things have arrived here. Metro is running here, Asia’s largest airport is coming up in Jewar, while Film City, a Medical Device Park, and several other projects will soon be implemented.” Talking about improvement in the law and order situation in UP, Yogi said that today criminals are behind the bars and running for their lives in the state while five and a half years ago they used to run the system. He said, “Today, organised crimes have completely ended in UP and the government is working to brighten the future of youths. Many development schemes have been started. World-class infrastructure exists in Noida, Greater Noida, Yamuna Authority areas.”
Lashing out at the mafias and the previous governments further, the CM said, “Five and a half years ago, the region was controlled by the mafia, who put hurdles in its development, while chief ministers treated it as a cursed region. These mafias used to exploit the farmers here, played with the sentiments of the youth of Uttar Pradesh and misused the funds of the authority. The industrial units were forced to migrate from here.” Maintaining that in the past five and a half years, Gautam Buddha Nagar has undergone a transformation, the CM said, “The first data centre in North India was also opened here when the government representatives, police, and administration began working together actively to produce results.”