Lock-fame Aligarh will now make defence tools to protect country: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that Aligarh, famous for manufacturing locks and hardware, has the capacity to develop defence equipment to safeguard the country as well.
Addressing the 'Prabbudhajan Sammelan' and launching as many as 88 development projects worth Rs 86.55 crore, the CM said that a course on Defence Studies will be introduced in Maharaja Mahendra Pratap Singh University in the city.
He said that Jewar airport will further make the area a hub of logistics and transport while giving jobs to lakhs of youth. Country's biggest expressway, the Ganga Expressway, will also pass through Aligarh.
The CM also gave away cheques to the beneficiaries of various schemes, including Annaprashan Sanskar of small children and baby showers of pregnant women.