Overview
- At Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, the chief minister inaugurated the nine-day Gorakhpur Book Festival, which runs through November 9 with more than 200 stalls.
- He urged students to cut smartphone use and spend more time with books, warning of distractions and depression linked to overuse, and cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Exam Warriors for guidance.
- The government reported that about 1.36 lakh of approximately 1.56 lakh primary schools have been rejuvenated under Operation Kayakalp with libraries and digital reading corners.
- Officials said the administration is working to set up libraries across all 57,600 gram panchayats to build a reading culture among youth.
- Earlier the same day, he held a Janta Darshan in Gorakhpur, directed swift grievance redressal, and called for strict action against illegal land grabbing.