UP State Cabinet meeting held at Prayagraj Kumbh

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New Delhi : For the first time in the history of Kumbh, UP State government’s cabinet meeting was held  at Prayagraj Kumbh, on January 29, 2019. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired the meeting. Before attending the cabinet, Yogi  worshipped at Hanuman Temple at Sangam and visited Akshya Vat. Most of the UP Cabinet Ministers including both Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr Dinesh Sharma attended the meeting. After cabinet, Yogi took a holy dip at Sangam the  confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati along with his cabinet colleagues and visited his sect of Nath to meet saints and seers.

Uttar Pradesh State cabinet on January 29 decided to construct 600 km long  Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Prayagraj at a cost of Rs 36,000 crore to provide better connectivity from Western districts to Prayagraj. Talking to mediapersons, UP CM Yogi Adityanath extended his government’s gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union government for extending great cooperation in organising Divya and Bhavya Kumbh at Prayagraj.

He said undisrupted flow with clean water of river Ganga is results of attempts and inspirations of Prime Minister Modi. He said in 2013 the then Mauritius Prime Minister had visited the Prayagraj Kumbh but he did not take holy dip due to pollution in the river Ganga but this year not only Mauritius PM took holy dip but more than 3,000 Pravasi Bharatis also took holy dip during Kumbh. He said it has happened only due to cleaning of river Ganga, according to a PIB release.