Overview

• At Gorakhpur’s GIDA campus, the chief minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for industrial and infrastructure works totaling ₹2,251 crore.
• The ceremony included the bhoomi pujan for Coca‑Cola’s Amrit Bottlers plant in Sector 27, a ₹700 crore, 40‑acre project claiming about 1,200 jobs and an initial line of 3,000 bottles per day, according to an official statement.
• Three Plastic Park units were inaugurated—Technoplast Packaging (₹96 crore, 250 jobs reported), Omflex Industries (₹17 crore) and Gajanan Poly Plast (₹7 crore)—while APL Apollo Tubes, Greentech Bharat (SLMG) and Kapila Agro together laid foundations worth ₹640 crore with around 1,200 jobs expected on commissioning.
• Supporting facilities announced included a 4 MLD Common Effluent Treatment Plant at Adilapar at roughly ₹199 crore and a ₹16 crore CIPET Skill Training and Common Facility Centre on five acres to prepare local talent.
• The government said new GIDA projects would create over 15,000 jobs, noted previously allotted plots targeting ₹5,903 crore investment and 10,000 jobs, and cited statewide private‑sector employment of 60 lakh linked to recent investments.