Overview

• CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the beautification of Asuran Chowk in Gorakhpur with the reinstallation of a statue of socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan.
• The health centre in Sitab Diara, JP Narayan’s birthplace, has been expanded into a 100-bed hospital named after his wife Prabhavati Ji.
• At the 26th Battalion PAC campus, an 11-storey barrack tower and a 30-bed hospital were opened to bolster police training and medical services.
• The chief minister directed state officials to reclaim lands illegally occupied across Uttar Pradesh and impose strict action on encroachers.
• Local authorities from the Gorakhpur Development Authority and Municipal Corporation were credited for their roles in public space redevelopment and statue preservation.