Banda, July 9 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for several development projects in Banda, vowing to transform the region into "Heaven on Earth" by turning it into a global industrial and defence manufacturing hub.

Addressing a massive public gathering at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Degree College grounds, the Chief Minister stated that Bundelkhand's future lies in its emergence as a premier industrial city under the Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA). He asserted that the region would soon witness a complete reversal in migration patterns.

"We will make Bundelkhand the 'Heaven on Earth.' In the future, youth won't migrate from here; instead, people fr...