Varanasi: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the newly built Carpet Expo Mart, and laid the foundation stone of five other projects in Bhadohi on Thursday. He also distributed cheques to the beneficiaries under several beneficiary schemes on the occasion.
Yogi said that he waited for almost a year to inaugurate the Bhadohi Carpet Expo Mart and to acknowledge the hard work and skills of the handicraft artisans and weavers of the area. He added that he had arrived especially to convey his thanks to all the exporters and stakeholders whose entrepreneurship has given recognition to Bhadohi in both the national as well as international markets. The CM assured full support of the state government towards the growth of the handmade carpet industry. In order to fulfil the Prime Minister’s dream of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”, the state government has included Bhadohi carpets in the ODOP scheme, he said, adding that all the districts of UP are known for different products.