PM praises Yogi, says timely action helped save 85k lives
Tribune News Service
Lucknow, June 26
Praising Yogi Adityanath for his handling of the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the vast preparations made by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister saved at least 85,000 lives, something that was unthinkable before 2017.
UP beat Italy, Spain
UP’s achievement is massive… The population of 24 crore is bigger than that of many countries. The population of England, France, Italy and Spain put together comes to 24 crore but they saw 1.30 lakh deaths due to Covid. These four countries lost more lives than UP.
In his 34-minute address to the nation after remotely inaugurating the UP Government’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan, he said the campaign would go a long in strengthening the Centre’s vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.
“When the rest of the country was grappling with the pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh Government managed to contain the spread of virus, made arrangements for the return of more than 35 lakh workers, completed skill mapping of 30.47 lakh workers and launched the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan,” said PM Modi.
He said UP’s population of 24 crore is same as that of four European countries put together but, in UP the death toll is 600 due to Covid and lauded the efforts of Adityanath in tackling the pandemic.
“UP’s achievement is massive… The population of 24 crore is bigger than that of many countries. The population of England, France, Italy and Spain put together comes to 24 crore but they saw 1.30 lakh deaths due to Covid,” he said, adding that these four countries lost more lives than UP even though they are developed nations and have no dearth of facilities.
Earlier, the Prime Minister had a virtual interaction with six entrepreneurs, who benefitted from various employment schemes and provided jobs to workers.
Qurban Ali of Siddharnagar, who along with his brother had returned home from Mumbai in May, told the Prime Minister that the two were no longer jobless and were part of the state government’s community toilet project.
Another worker, Nagendra said he had managed to get a loan of Rs 1 lakh to start a dairy project. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan, the UP Government aims at employing 1.25 crore people 31 districts. “Uttar Pradesh has enough possibilities for creating employment for migrant workers who have returned to the state,” said Adityanath.
(with inputs from agency)
