Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, inaugurated the newly-constructed Udyog Bhawan building at Gorakhpur Industrial Development Area (GIDA) in Gorakhpur and also planted a sapling on the campus.
Speaking on the occasion, he said, “Chamber of Industries is leading organisation of industrial development in east UP. GIDA was established in 1989 and after that a building for chamber of industries was demanded and today a new Udyog Bhawan building has been inaugurated.”
“We all need to play a positive role to give momentum to industrial development. The environment of safety and comfort has been created in the state leading to huge amount of investment in the state. Big investment is the base of traditional industry and to promote traditional industry, industrial policy has been promulgated,” said the CM.
“Terracotta has selected under ODOP and permission has been given to potters to dig out soil for free. Training, kits and bank loans are being provided to artisans in order to make the state self-reliant. The base of industrial development is infrastructure and Gorakhpur is connected to all metros and at present seven airports are already working in the state and work is undergoing at 14 airports. International Airport is being constructed at Kushinagar and Expressway is running all across the state,” Yogi said.
The CM gave instructions to increase GIDA land bank as Gorakhpur has huge possibilities of industrial development and also gave instructions to ensure employment at local level and to make the process of allocation fully online. “The issues of industrialists should be resolved within time, bankers should be linked with industries and rules should be made keeping in view to make business approachable and work should be done with transparency,” he said.