LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told the Valmiki community on Tuesday that their safety meant the safety of society. "Your respect amounts to respecting Lord Valmiki's heritage", he remarked.

Making an announcement, the CM said that sanitation and contract workers will now get money directly into their bank accounts not from outsourcing companies but from the government corporation.

"Sanitation workers will also get a health insurance cover of five lakh rupees. When the corporation's money comes into the account, arrangements will be made that if unfortunately, any sanitation worker meets with an accident or disaster, the bank will provide 35-40 lakh rupees. Eighty thousand Home Guards in UP have already been covered und...