UP CM reviews preps for central zonal council meet; inspects venue
Varanasi: Prior to leaving the city on Tuesday morning, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
inspected lawn and hall of the hotel where meeting of the Central Zonal Council will take place on Jun 24. Union home minister
Amit Shah
and chief ministers of three zonal states will take part in the proposed meeting.
Yogi reached the hotel compound with a large group of officials in the morning and reviewed preparations. He sought details from divisional commissioner S Rajalingam about necessary arrangements being made at the site to host the proposed meeting and directed officials to ensure seamless execution.
While Shah will chair the proposed meeting, the CM will serve as regional vice-president. Chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai, respectively, will take part with their large delegations of officials.
During his Monday evening meeting with officials, Yogi directed all preparations for CZC meeting be completed timely.
UP ministers including Swatantra Dev Singh, Anil Rajbhar, Ravindra Jaiswal and Dayashankar Mishra 'Dayalu', Varanasi police commissioner Mohit Agarwal and district magistrate Satyendra Kumar were present at the hotel during inspection.
The meetings of this committee used to take place in state capitals.
Uttar Pradesh
hosted the meeting of this committee in Lucknow in 2018.
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It is the first time the meeting is taking place in a non-state capital city.
Five zonal Councils were set up in 1957 under Sections 15-22 of the States Reorganisation Act 1956, to discuss a broad range of objectives and matters related to security, infrastructure, power, forest and environment, education, food security, tourism and transport.
These councils also take up issues involving centre and the states concerned.
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