India, April 7 -- GORAKHPUR Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday emphasised the need for affordable and sustainable technological solutions to improve the quality of life for the common man, calling upon technical institutes to extend their impact beyond campus boundaries and contribute actively to solving real-world societal challenges.

"Technological advancements have made life easier, but their benefits remain inaccessible to the masses due to high costs. Technology should not remain a privilege of the elite," said the CM addressing a grand ceremony at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) in Gorakhpur.

During the event, he inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 13 development projects worth over Rs.91 crore. T...