UP sources have stated that Chief Minister Akhilesh in just a matter of two days inaugurated over 300 projects and laid the foundation stone of about dozen of projects worth approximately Rs 60,000 crore at seven venues in the state capital in just four hours on one day.
From hospitals to stadium and from kisan bazaar to milk processing unit the projects covered a wide range of facilities for the people of Uttar Pradesh. A large number of projects were for other cities as well. Akhilesh went on an inauguration spree, just before the Election Commission announced the dates of the elections and imposed the model code of conduct in the state.
Worth a mention is the ambitious Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which he launched amid great fanfare and landing of fighter planes, on 21 November. He inaugurated much-hyped Gomti Riverfront project and flagged off the trial run of Lucknow Metro also. The aim was to pass a message to the voter that his government stood for overall development of the state and perhaps also to divert the voter from the ongoing war within the Yadav clan.
