Contractors to be blacklisted for substandard road restoration: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed officials to take a stern approach to the upkeep of civic amenities and warned that contractors
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed officials to take a stern approach to the upkeep of civic amenities and warned that contractors could be blacklisted if work falls short. At a meeting with public representatives in Agra, he expressed displeasure over delays and poor-quality restoration of roads dug up for drinking water pipelines under the Jal Jeevan Mission. Read Full Story He also reviewed development matters linked to Agra and the Mathura-Vrindavan region, asking officials to closely track court cases affecting the city, prepare plans to promote key industries, improve processes linked to Ayushman payments, and move proposals on transport and tourism infrastructure.
According to a government statement, Adityanath told Jal Nigam officials that merely making a dug-up road motorable was not enough. He said that if the work was found unsatisfactory, the contractors should be blacklisted and FIRs lodged against the officials concerned. Referring to the recent Supreme Court permission to the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority to process about 400 pending applications for non-polluting MSMEs, he directed the divisional commissioner to monitor court rulings involving Agra so that the city’s development is not held up due to lack of legal advocacy.
Saying Agra has strong potential in leather products and defence manufacturing, the Chief Minister asked for a concrete plan to promote these sectors. He also said street vendors operating on footpaths should not be evicted and should instead be shifted to designated vending zones. He directed the Health Department to verify and speed up the settlement of payments related to Ayushman cards and empanelled hospitals. Adityanath also chaired a meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Braj Tirth Vikas Parishad in Agra. He called for the early submission of a ropeway project proposal for Vrindavan and asked officials to send proposals for a combined road-rail project on the Mathura-Vrindavan rail route and for a land-pooling scheme to expand parking facilities.
Officials, in turn, presented a proposal for the construction of several key Master Plan roads in the Mathura-Vrindavan area. He also sought a government order on the Tirth-Mitra policy and asked for a proposal for 50 small electric buses. Ends
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