UP to sign 23 MoUs: Yogi
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that the Uttar Pradesh government would sign 23 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during the ongoing DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow.
Yogi said that these agreements would create employment opportunities for 3,00,000 people and fetch investments worth Rs 50,000 crore for UP Defence Manufacturing Corridor spanning six nodes at Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Aligarh and Agra.
The chief minister was addressing a gathering after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s largest ever DefExpo 2020.
“The DefExpo in Lucknow is a big achievement for UP,” the chief minister said while thanking Prime Minister Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is also the local member of Parliament (MP).
“After UP was awarded the defence manufacturing corridor by Prime Minister Modi in 2018, we formulated our defence and aerospace policy and created a large land bank of 25,000 acres in the six nodes,” he informed the gathering.
The chief minister claimed that owing to better connectivity in UP and improved law and order, the state has emerged as a preferred investment destination, and the DefExpo would further fuel its forward march.
Yogi stressed that the government was striving hard to speed up infrastructure development and build a network of mega expressways.
“While, two expressways — Yamuna Expressway and Agra-Lucknow Expressway — are operational, two other expressways — Purvanchal Expressway and Bundelkhand Expressway — are touted to be thrown open for public use in the next couple of years,” he claimed.
“We are also working on our third proposed ‘Ganga Expressway’, which would connect Meerut and Prayagraj (Allahabad),” Yogi added.
The chief minister further mentioned Asia’s biggest greenfield international airport proposed at Jewar in Greater Noida and the development of 11 new airports under regional connectivity scheme.
Underlining the aim of ‘Make in India’ for India and the world, Yogi said that DefExpo 2020 was among the biggest defence shows globally and it would contribute towards showcasing India as an ideal investment destination for defence and military hardware.
