Akhilesh Yadav announces projects worth Rs 123 crore for Kanpur

KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced development projects worth Rs 123 crore for Kanpur after inaugurating the newly built Dadanagar bridge here.

Under the new projects, a maternity wing in each community health centre (CHC), modern postmortem house, CMO office in Kanshiram hospital, AYUSH wing in Ursala hospital and the District Drug Ware House in the hospital at Ramadevi, would be set up.

Roads and drains construction and repair work would be done in various areas under the Kanpur Development Authority (KDA).

840 houses will also be constructed in Ghatampur under the Asra Yojana for the poor.

Yadav inaugurated all these projects in the Police Lines here, last evening.

He was in the city yesterday for the third cricket ODI between India and West Indies at the Green Park stadium here.