Not in hurry to implement food security scheme in UP: Akhilesh

“Parliament has passed the Food Security Bill but the expenditure on transport and its burden is to be looked into. We will see how this can be implemented in the state,” Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said. Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh today said it is not in a hurry to implement the Food Security programme in the state as certain aspects are to be looked into. I don’t know much about it.” On the decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting, he said to ensure that police reach the scene of crime timely, modern control rooms would be set up in four cities with GPS equipped vehicles. “We are also providing new vehicles and training to the staff to be deployed at these control rooms,” Akhilesh said.