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
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NEWS : Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on 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.
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.
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.
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