The state government is also working overtime to improve the power situation and ensure 24 hour power supply.According to Adityanath, he wants to change the identity of Gorakhpur.It may be recalled that Sefai, the native village of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and party patriarch Mulayam Yadav had emerged as the hub of development in the previous government.Other projects that have been finalised and are in various stages of taking off include Gorakhpur metro and a branch of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).Amid high official focus on Gorakhpur, the state government is working on the revival of a fertilizer factory that has been shut for several years.Chief minister Adityanath has also asked the state government to acquire five acres of land near Gorakhpurs Ramgarh Taal and develop a water sports complex and auditorium.Mr Adityanath, who recently visited a Vantangiya village said that it will be accorded the status of revenue village, that will government investment. Revival of closed sugar mills in the area are also a priority area. The special focus on Gorakhpur has refreshed memories of how Sefai, the native village of the Mulayam Singh Yadav, was pampered by the previous Samajwadi Party regime. A new LPG bottling plant is also on the cards.The annual Sefai Mahotsav was one of the biggest cultural events organised there in which the government machinery was blatantly used.

Special focus is on the 4,000-odd families from the Vantangiya community that lives in forest areas in Gorakhpur and adjoining Maharajganj districts as it has been deprived of basic facilities like school, hospitals and power supply since independence. Efforts are also being made to improve the quality of water supply in Gorakhpur city. Vantangiya community, brought from Burma now Myanmar for afforestation during the colonial rule, got voting rights in September.SP spokesman Sunil Singh Sajan said, "The BJP bitterly criticised us for developing Sefai and now that all resources are being diverted to Gorakhpur, they owe an answer to the people". He also asked officials to ensure development in other villages with sizeable population of this community, which lives in forests.Special treatmentYogi govt is working on reviving a shut fertilizer factory by 2019.Like Sefai, Gorakhpur now tops the priority of the BJP-led state government which has already revived many old projects and drawn a blueprint for new ones.To further strengthen the law and order situation, state director general of police has sent a proposal to open 24 new police stations in districts, coming under the "Gorakhpur zone". This land will be given to the tourism department which will develop it as a tourist destination that will also boost the economy of eastern UP.

Now, I want that Gorakhpur should be known as a developed zone," he told officials at a meeting recently. Closed sugar mills will be restarted & a new LPG bottling plant is plannedFive acre land has been acquired near Gorakhpurs Ramgarh taal to develop a water sports complex and an auditoriumBeautification of parks, broadening of roads and drinking water projects to fight encephalitis are also under wayOfficials are working overtime to ensure 24 hour electric supply in the power-starved area.Earlier this land had been allocated to the education department to set up a library and research centre."When I first became MP, Gorakhpur was known as the crime capital of northern India and I took the support of social organisations, traders and youth to counter the mafia.Lucknow: Nine months after Yogi Adityanath took over as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, his home district Gorakhpur is witnessing an unprecedented drive for a makeover.The Gorakhpur plastic injection machine Manufacturers Development Authority has already undertaken a survey of the entire lake and the surrounding area, official sources said."Besides these projects, beautification of parks, broadening of roads, redevelopment of Ramgarh taal and availability of potable water to check water-borne Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) are also being undertaken", said a senior official in the chief ministers secretariat. The fertilizer factory is all set to be revived by 2019.Officers are now clamouring for a posting in the saffron-clad chief ministers district since it would automatically mean increased proximity to Mr Adityanath who visits his home district almost every week