Lucknow, July 7 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over the Kukrail riverfront project and stated that for the first time, a riverfront is being constructed over a "drain".

Akhilesh Yadav said that the Uttar Pradesh government "destroyed" Lucknow's Akbarnagar area due to which many people lost their lives and businesses.

"This government is going to destroy and it destroyed Akbarnagar in Lucknow due to which many people lost their businesses and people lost their lives. For the first time a riverfront is being built on the drain", Akhilesh Yadav said during a press conference in Lucknow.

The SP MP noted that during his tenure as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he cleaned Varan...