Yogi inaugurates Rs 9cr garbage transfer station in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday came down heavily on previous govts, accusing them of prioritising vote banks over public welfare. Speaking at the inauguration of a Rs 9.89-crore garbage transfer station in Chargawan under the National Clean Air Programme, Yogi said, "Before 2014 at the Centre and 2017 in UP, the agenda of govts did not include nation or common citizens and only the vote banks mattered."
Highlighting transformation of Gorakhpur, once synonymous with filth, mosquitoes, disease and mafia, Yogi said Gorakhpur was now a Smart City model of solid and liquid waste management. The newly inaugurated GTS will handle 200 tonnes of waste daily from 40 wards. A similar facility is operational in Laldiggi.
He credited the Swachh Bharat Mission, launched in 2014, for bringing encephalitis under control—a disease that claimed over 50,000 children in four decades.
He cited major improvements in sanitation, drainage, door-to-door garbage collection and clean water access. Yogi also reviewed GTS operations, flagged off cleanliness vehicles and honoured sanitation workers. He emphasised state's commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, mocking previous SP regimes for erratic electricity—likening old halogen lights to their power supply