Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched and laid the foundation stone for housing and urban development projects worth nearly ₹12,000 crore in the city, including major township and residential projects in Sarojini Nagar.Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh thanked the CM, saying the projects at Varun Vihar and Naimish Nagar would accelerate the planned expansion of the state capital and create modern housing, connectivity and employment opportunities for different sections of society.The projects include two major townships and five multi-storey residential developments. The CM said Lucknow should be developed beyond its existing municipal and district boundaries as a State Capital Region (SCR), incorporating Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur, Barabanki and Rae Bareli. Yogi Adityanath also stressed transparent land acquisition and compensation, saying landowners would be dealt with directly and compensation transferred to their bank accounts without intermediaries.Singh said projects such as the airport expansion, Aerocity, the proposed Artificial Intelligence City, Anant Nagar, Metro, Kisan Path, Green Corridor and industrial investments would strengthen Lucknow’s infrastructure and employment ecosystem. He also highlighted Sarojininagar’s growing educational and industrial profile and said development should go hand in hand with environmental conservation.
