*DBT assistance to be credited directly to bank accounts to compensate for crop losses caused by floods, hailstorms and cyclones*
*Grand event to be held at Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium; Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi and several public representatives to attend*
*CM Yogi to attend and address Shikshak Matdata Samvad Rally*
*Lucknow, October 11* Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will provide significant financial support to farmers across Uttar Pradesh from Gorakhpur on Monday (October 12). The Chief Minister will transfer ₹493 crore as Krishi Nivesh Anudan through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to over 9 lakh farmers across the state whose crops have been affected by floods, heavy rainfall, hailstorms and cyclones. The state-level programme will be held at the Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium and Cultural Centre in Gorakhpur. After the event, CM Yogi will attend a programme related to the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ Constituency MLC election.Recent natural disasters, floods and unseasonal rainfall have caused extensive damage to farmers’ crops. To compensate for these losses and help restore prosperity to their fields and farmsteads, the Chief Minister will personally initiate the transfer of financial assistance directly into farmers’ bank accounts through the DBT system with a single click.Surya Pratap Shahi, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Agriculture, Agricultural Education and Agricultural Research, will be present at the event.Other dignitaries expected to attend include MP Ravi Kishan Shukla; Gorakhpur Mayor Dr Manglesh Kumar Srivastava; District Panchayat Administrator Sadhana Singh; Legislative Council members Dr Dharmendra Singh, C.P. Chand and Devendra Pratap Singh; and MLAs Fateh Bahadur Singh, Mahendra Pal Singh, Bipin Singh, Dr Vimlesh Paswan, Pradeep Shukla, Shriram Chauhan, Rajesh Tripathi and Engineer Sarvan Kumar Nishad, among others.After the programme at the Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium and Cultural Centre in Gorakhpur, CM Yogi will attend an event related to the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ Constituency MLC election and address a Shikshak Matdata Samvad Rally.The rally, organised in support of BJP candidate Dhruv Kumar Tripathi for the teachers’ MLC election, will be held at Mahant Digvijaynath Park in the Ramgarh Tal area.