Yogi govt to demolish Akhilesh's cycle tracks
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The decision to demolish the cycle tracks come close on the heels of removal of the word 'Samajwadi' from many of the schemes launched by the previous government.
The cycle tracks, that were laid in different cities in Uttar Pradesh during the previous Akhilesh Yadav regime, would be demolished as they were causing traffic congestion and posing difficulties before the people.
UP minister for urban development Suresh Kumar Khanna said here on Tuesday that the state government was in the process of ''reviewing'' the cycle tracks and would 'demolish'' them, wherever they were found to be causing traffic jams.
''The cycle tracks were laid without paying any attention to the width of the road....at many places they are causing traffic congestion...we have received complaints from people from many cities,'' Khanna said.
The minister said that the demolition drive would start from Bareilly from where a maximum number of complaints had been received. ''PWD officials have been entrusted with the task of identifying the tracks to be demolished,'' he added.
Khanna, however, did not spell out if the tracks would be demolished throughout the state or only at places, where they posed difficulties.
The decision to demolish the cycle tracks come close on the heels of removal of the word 'Samajwadi' from many of the schemes launched by the previous government.
The Akhilesh government had laid cycle tracks in Lucknow, Bareilly, Agra, Noida and some other places and publicised them as one of its major achievements. The then government had promoted the same as being environment-friendly and also good for health. At many places, there were encroachments on the tracks also.
Barely a few days back Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav had a dig at the Yogi Adityanath government after reports that the latter was contemplating to demolish them. Akhilesh had referred to prime minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the Netherlands, where he was gifted with a bicycle.
Incidentally, Akhilesh had been inspired by the cycle tracks in the Netherlands.
UP minister for urban development Suresh Kumar Khanna said here on Tuesday that the state government was in the process of ''reviewing'' the cycle tracks and would 'demolish'' them, wherever they were found to be causing traffic jams.
''The cycle tracks were laid without paying any attention to the width of the road....at many places they are causing traffic congestion...we have received complaints from people from many cities,'' Khanna said.
The minister said that the demolition drive would start from Bareilly from where a maximum number of complaints had been received. ''PWD officials have been entrusted with the task of identifying the tracks to be demolished,'' he added.
Khanna, however, did not spell out if the tracks would be demolished throughout the state or only at places, where they posed difficulties.
The decision to demolish the cycle tracks come close on the heels of removal of the word 'Samajwadi' from many of the schemes launched by the previous government.
The Akhilesh government had laid cycle tracks in Lucknow, Bareilly, Agra, Noida and some other places and publicised them as one of its major achievements. The then government had promoted the same as being environment-friendly and also good for health. At many places, there were encroachments on the tracks also.
Barely a few days back Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav had a dig at the Yogi Adityanath government after reports that the latter was contemplating to demolish them. Akhilesh had referred to prime minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the Netherlands, where he was gifted with a bicycle.
Incidentally, Akhilesh had been inspired by the cycle tracks in the Netherlands.