Lucknow, May 14 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday reiterated his call for all ministers to use public transport at least one day a week. This follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's austerity appeal amid geopolitical tensions.

Adityanath also asked the ministers to show exemplary public conduct, reduce vehicles in their fleets to 50% and develop a new work culture based on austerity and energy conservation in Uttar Pradesh.

He was presiding over a meeting of his council of ministers here on Wednesday, the first since the expansion of his ministry on Sunday. He used the occasion to introduce new ministers to the council of ministers.

He said the new ministers have been entrusted with major responsibility. As comparatively li...