Published 23:35 IST, February 28th 2020

CM Yogi Adityanath welcomes PM Modi ahead of his visit to Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of his visit on Saturday to conduct several projects in Prayagraj

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of his visit on Saturday to conduct several projects in state. 

Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister said that under guidance of PM Modi, state government is working to improve quality of life of people in UP. Yogi Adityanath also said that PM's visit will motivate government to accelerate its pace of progress.

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PM Modi to visit Uttar Pradesh on Saturday

On his visit to Uttar Pradesh PM Modi is slated to lay foundation stone for Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot, that will supplement  junction of UP Defence Industrial Corridor.

Along with this, Prime Minister will also launch 10,000 farmers Producer Organisations (FPO) all over country. FPOs help in collectivization of such small, marginal and landless farmers in giving m collective strength to deal with such issues.

Members of FPO will man ir activities toger in organization to get better access to techlogy, input, finance and market for faster enhancement of ir income.

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Furrmore, PM Modi will be distributing Assistive Aids and Devices to Senior Citizens at a mega distribution camp at Prayagraj. It will mark as biggest distribution camp in country in terms of number of beneficiaries covered, number of appliances, value of aids and appliances distributed.

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In mega camp, over 56,000 Assistive Aid and Devices of different types will be distributed free of cost to over 26,000 beneficiaries. cost of Aids and Devices is over Rs 19 Crore.

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23:35 IST, February 28th 2020