New Delhi April 19 In the most populous state of India, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's daily war with the pandemic begins much before the sun rises in the city of Avadh. At 4 a.m. every day, Yogi leaves his bedroom and by the next couple of hours, he is fully updated with situation reports from all the 75 district magistrates, including two police commissioners of Uttar Pradesh. By 7 a.m. Yogi picks up the phone and starts instructing key officials across the state, where he feels extra attention is required to contain the dreaded virus.
Not surprisingly, his proactive style of functioning has kept the figures of COVID-19-infected patients in UP less than those in Maharashtra and Delhi.
Even before the country was alarmed by the invisible strike of coronavirus, Yogi
( With inputs from IANS )