Gorakhpur tragedy: Cure hidden in Swachh Bharat Mission, says CM Yogi

Gorakhpur tragedy: Cure hidden in Swachh Bharat Mission, says CM Yogi [Nearly 70 children have died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur since August 7]

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathon Tuesday stressed the importance of the Swachch Bharat Mission in the eradication of diseases such as encephalitis, which claim the lives of hundreds of children every year.

Politics News: He regretted that children were dying even 70 years after India's Independence.

"The cure of diseases such as encephalitis is hidden in the Swachch Bharat Mission. I been saying this repeatedly as I represent eastern UP," he said after unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day. In the last three decades, Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome have claimed over 50,000 lives in eastern Uttar Pradesh, mostly in the Gorakhpur district.

Adityanath said in his first Independence Day speech as the chief minister that a large numbers of people, including children, died of diseases such as encephalitis, chikanguniya, kala azar, swine flu and other vector borne diseases.

Also Read : More shell firms found: PAN deactivation jolt for tax evaders in stock market Nearly 70 children have died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur since August 7.

Many of the deaths were alleged to have been caused by shortage of oxygen, a claim dismissed by the state government.

The CM said a resolve has been taken to celebrate I-Day as 'sankalp diwas' to establish India as a super power and free the country of terrorism, naxalism and anarchy.

"We will have to take that resolve collectively in Uttar Pradesh also as the road to development of the country passes through the state," the chief minister said.

Referring to the work undertaken by his government, he mentioned the new industrial policy to check migration and creation of job opportunities and loan waiver of farmers.

"Safety is an important ingredient for development for which we have decided to provide the rule of law and security to all. The anarchy which had frightened the people and had hit the development ... We gave a new direction to policing...To deal sternly with eve teasers and those taking law in their hand," he said. Read More