Uttar Pradesh cabinet gives approval to run 700 electric buses

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday night gave its approval to run 700 electric buses in 14 districts of the state. The Cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave its nod to run 32-seater battery-run AC buses in 14 districts of the state, government spokespersons Siddharth Nath Singh and Shrikant Sharma said.

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Electric buses in multiple districts

The districts are Lucknow, Meerut, Allahabad, Agra, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Moradabad, Aligarh, Jhansi, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Shahjahanpur and Mathura-Vrindavan, they said. Electric buses will ensure smooth movement of traffic and help in checking pollution levels, the officials added. In another important decision, the cabinet gave its approval for making arrangements to open medical colleges in 14 districts such as Sultanpur, Chandauli, Gonda, Bulandshahar, Auraiya, Amethi, Sonbhadra, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit and Lalitpur districts among others. It was also stated that land measuring 0.57-hectares has been identified for the bus stand in Chail, Kaushambi assembly constituency. This land is in village Parasram, which has been approved by the cabinet for free.

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Kashi-Vishwanath temple work to be completed soon

"The Cabinet also approved providing Rs 318.67 crores for works to be undertaken in the second phase under the Kashi Vishwanath Temple area expansion plan and the beautification of Varanasi. The Chief Minister has directed that the entire work in Varanasi be completed by December 2021", they added. 

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Late on Tuesday morning, the UP Government's official twitter handle also posted that the establishment of the Central Master Co-ordination Center has been approved in Lucknow to provide 100 dial facilities. An amount of 113.26 crores has already been released for this. Now the work of planning is proposed with a cost of 125.924 crores. 

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