Uttar Pradesh cabinet gives approval to run 700 electric buses

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

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Electric buses in multiple districts

districts are Luckw, Meerut, Allahabad, Agra, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Moradabad, Aligarh, Jhansi, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Shahjahanpur and Mathura-Vrindavan, y said. Electric buses will ensure smooth movement of traffic and help in checking pollution levels, officials added. In ar important decision, 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 ors. It was also stated that land measuring 0.57-hectares has been identified for bus stand in Chail, Kaushambi assembly constituency. This land is in vill Parasram, which has been approved by cabinet for free.

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Kashi-Vishwanath temple work to be completed soon

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

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

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