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Party manifestos silent on key issues

Poor transportation infrastructure within state and lack of job opportunities yet to be addressed

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Akhilesh Yadav

Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Lucknow

Last Updated : Feb 21 2017 | 1:46 AM IST

The only vehicle absent from the melange of traffic on the roads of Uttar Pradesh towns is a city bus.

Moving around any of these towns means getting hold of a tempo or a taxi, but rarely a bus. The local population associates a bus only with inter-city travel; Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated a smart bus station at Kaiserbagh in Lucknow that only allows passengers to enter the bus bays. Nearby, at the Lucknow Junction railway station, a long line of people snakes out towards the road by 6 pm every day. Each is waiting to get a toehold in

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