Gorakhpur,

07 Jan (HS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected two temporary night

shelters (Bargadwa and Raptinagar) in Gorakhpur metropolis on Wednesday and

examined the arrangements there. On this occasion, he also distributed blankets

and food among the people staying in the night shelters and the needy outside

the night shelters. After the inspection and distribution of blankets, the

Chief Minister said that in all the districts of the state, the district

administration and the administration of Municipal Corporation, Municipal

bodies-local bodies have been instructed that no person should sleep in the

open, on the footpath or tracks. They should be given a respectable place to

stay with proper arrangements in the night shelters. He informed that to

protect the public from the severe cold wave, adequate funds have been given to

the district administration in all the districts.

CM

Yogi, who was on a visit to Gorakhpur on Wednesday, inspected the temporary

night shelters at Bargadwa and Raptinagar. He inquired about the well-being of

the people staying there and talked to them. The Chief Minister also took

information from everyone about the facilities being provided at the night

shelters. Everyone gave satisfactory answers regarding the arrangements

available at the night shelters and also expressed gratitude to the Chief

Minister for providing good facilities during the severe cold wave. The Chief

Minister distributed blankets and food to the needy with his own hands in both

the night shelters and outside them and assured them that the government is

working with determination for their service and convenience.

Extensive

arrangements across the state to protect against the severe cold wave: CM Yogi

- Speaking to the media after inspecting night shelters, Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath said that a severe cold wave is currently raging. To protect people

from this, the state government has instructed all district administrations to

take steps on a war footing. Instructions have been given to operate night

shelters on a large scale in every district, distribute blankets and woolen

clothes to the needy, and light adequate numbers of bonfires in public places.

The

Chief Minister informed that 19 night shelters are operating in Gorakhpur

metropolis, in which temporary arrangements have been made for the stay of one

thousand needy people or those forced to sleep on the footpaths. All the night

shelters are safe and are being operated in an organized manner. He said that

like Gorakhpur, night shelters are being operated on a large scale in all the

metropolitan cities and districts of the state. The district administration and

municipal-local body administrations have been instructed that those who do not

have their own place to live should not live on the footpaths, but they should

be brought to night shelters and proper arrangements should be made for them.

He informed that this work is being done by the district administration and

municipal body administration in the entire state.

Voluntary

organizations and charitable institutions should also come forward: The Chief

Minister has also appealed to voluntary organizations and charitable

institutions to come forward to help the people in this severe cold wave. He

called upon the organizations to distribute blankets and woolen clothes among

the needy and said that this is a virtuous and charitable work. Mayor Dr.

Manglesh Shrivastava, BJP State Vice President and MLC Dr. Dharmendra Singh,

MLA Vipin Singh, BJP Metropolitan Coordinator Rajesh Gupta, local councilors

etc. were present during the inspection of night shelters and distribution of

blankets.

CM

Yogi came to the field for the third time in a month to inspect the night

shelters: Public service and facilities for the needy are the top priorities of

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he has always proved this. Giving impetus to

the campaign of public service, CM Yogi came to the field in Gorakhpur for the

third time within a month on Wednesday. Before inspecting two night shelters on

Wednesday and distributing blankets among the needy, he had inspected the night

shelters and distributed blankets on 28th December and 10th December as well.

On Wednesday, CM Yogi reached the night shelters located at Rapti Nagar and

Mohripur. Whereas on 28th December, he inspected the night shelters located at

TP Nagar, Dharamshala Bazaar and on 10th December, he inspected the night

shelters located in front of the railway station and behind the Jhulelal

temple.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi