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Poor condition of highways in UP: Maya sends letter to PM
Ashish Tripathi, TNN | Sep 27, 2011, 08.17PM IST
LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Mayawati has shot off two letters to prime
minister Manmohan Singh. While the first one is to draw the attention
of Singh towards the poor conditions of national highways passing
through UP, the other one is about short supply of fertilisers.
A DVD with footage of pot holed roads has been attached with the
letter to make prime minister have an idea of reality. So far,
Mayawati has written six letters to the prime minister in last one
week. The four letters earlier were on providing reservations to
Muslims, Jats, the poor among the upper caste and implementing quota
in private sector.
In the first letter, Mayawati has informed the prime minister that the
conditions of the highways have turned from bad to worse following
heavy rains during the monsoon. Interestingly, in first of its kind
endeavour, the chief minister has also attached a DVD having footage
of pathetic condition of the national highways (93, 119, 74, 72A, 73,
76, 76E, 75E, 7, 19, 232, 91A, 92 and 97) passing through UP.
Mayawati has requested prime minister to pay immediate attention
towards the problem because bad condition of roads is also leading to
loss of human life due to accidents. The condition of the roads, she
said, is also affecting the development of the state. She has reminded
the prime minister of the letter written by the UP government to the
Union minister of national highways and transport, regarding release
of funds for repair of national highways. As many as 43 national
highways pass through UP. The total length of the highways is 6681 km,
of which 3178 km comes under the state public works department.
Mayawati has also reminded the prime minister that Rs 900 crore were
sanctioned for the repair and construction of national highways in the
financial year 2010-11. However, only Rs 50.50 have been released so
far. Further, she said for the financial year 2011-12, Rs 737 crore
were earmarked. However, money has not been released despite the fact
that the state government has sent an estimate of Rs 683.64 crore for
renovation of highways. "After seeing the DVD you will come to know
about the reality and the urgency required to tackle the situation,"
she has stated in the letter.
The second letter is about inadequate supply of fertilisers to UP. In
her letter, Mayawati has said that UP government has requested for 67
lakh metric tonne of fertilisers (40 lakh metric tonne of urea, 12
lakh metric tonne of DAP, 0.50 lakh metric tonne of MAP, 1 lakh metric
tonne of DAP light, 8.50 lakh metric tonne of NPK, 2,50 lakh metric
tonne of MOP and 2.50 lakh metric tonne of SSP) from the Central
government. However, the Centre has provided only 53.15 lakh metric
tonne of fertilisers (33 lakh metric tonne of urea, 9.15 lak metric
tonne DAP, six lakh metric tonne NPK, 2,50 lakh metric tonne MOP and
2.50 lakh metric tonne of SSP) so far.
Mayawati has also reminded the prime minister that UP was awarded best
performing state for bumper crops in 2010-11 financial year. The BSP
government took a number of measures, including better electricity
supply, availability of seeds and fertilisers and better procurement
for increasing income of the farmers, to boost agriculture production
in the state. In order to sustain high productivity, state government
will have to provide good quality fertilisers to the farmers. However,
despite several requests, the Central government is not cooperating
with the state government, Mayawati has complained in the letter.
Interestingly, after coming to power Maya has written over 100 letters
to PM on different issues demanding funds for development of the
state. However, none of her demands have been met by the Congress led
UPA government. The recent letters are being seen as chief minister's
attempt to show people in the election year that highways are in bad
shape because of the Congress led UPA government. The move also aims
to take out the sting from the Congress allegations on lack of
development in the state under Maya rule. This is the fifth letter of
Mayawati to Singh in last one week.
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