VARANASI, June 12 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials to complete public works department (PWD) and other projects in the Varanasi division scheduled for finalisation before the onset of the monsoon. To accelerate progress, he instructed divisional commissioners and district magistrates to hold review meetings at their respective levels, ensuring that construction work advances without fail.

No laxity should be tolerated in road construction work, the CM said. Adityanath, who reached Varanasi on a two-day visit earlier in the day, took stock of PWD projects in the division with officials and departmental engineers at the Circuit House auditorium.

He directed that work be completed on time while e...