New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated Diwali with the Van Tangiya community in Jungle Tinkonia, Gorakhpur, on Sunday, where he was scheduled to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for 52 development projects worth more than Rs.82 crore. Kits will also be distributed to beneficiaries of various public welfare schemes during the programme, according to a statement issued on November 8.

The Chief Minister announced the programme while extending Diwali greetings to people across the state. In a post on X, he said the festival's significance lay in ensuring that the benefits of development reached the last person in society and that every household had happiness, prosperity and respect.

The 52 proj...