Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath Launch Lucknow Cantonment Projects
Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath started several improvement projects in Lucknow Cantonment.
The projects are meant to make daily life better for local residents.
They include cleaner waste management and improved water supplies.
New schools, classrooms and facilities for differently abled children are also planned.
A sports complex will give young people a place to play.
A city polyclinic will provide another healthcare facility.
Robotic parking and a commercial complex are intended to improve urban facilities.
Reports differ on whether the package contains 12 or 14 projects, but both describe an investment of more than ₹100 crore.
Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath performed Bhoomi Pujan for development projects in Lucknow Cantonment on Sunday.
One report described 12 projects costing approximately ₹101 crore, while another reported 14 projects worth more than ₹100 crore.
The plans cover water supply, sanitation, waste management, education, healthcare, sports, parking and urban infrastructure.
Listed works include a sports complex, special school, additional classrooms, reservoirs, tubewells, overhead tanks and robotic parking.
Two projects—the RA Bazar City Polyclinic and Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Coaching Centre—are being implemented with the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Who
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with Uttar Pradesh officials and defence authorities present.
- What
- They performed Bhoomi Pujan for a package of Lucknow Cantonment development projects.
- When
- Sunday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Lucknow Cantonment, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- To improve civic amenities, education, healthcare, sports, sanitation, water supply and urban infrastructure.
- Reported project count
- One report said 12 projects; another said 14, including two implemented with the state government.
- Reported investment
- Approximately ₹101 crore in one report and more than ₹100 crore in another.
- Water infrastructure
- Planned works include a 1,500-KL underground reservoir, pipeline replacement, eight tubewells with SCADA automation and overhead tanks with SCADA.
- Education
- Projects include a special school for differently abled children and additional classrooms and toilets at RA Bazar Madhyamik Vidyalaya and Rainbow Model School.
- Waste management
- The package includes an artificial intelligence-based solid waste management plant and legacy-waste bio-mining and bio-remediation.
- Public facilities
- Plans include a multi-utility sports complex, modern crematorium, multi-level robotic car parking and commercial complex, and a city polyclinic.
- State collaboration
- The RA Bazar City Polyclinic and Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Coaching Centre are being implemented in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government.
