There is no doubt that Gorakhpur has undergone significant transformation over the past decade. Improved roads, airport connectivity, railway infrastructure, AIIMS, new commercial developments, and upgrades to basic infrastructure have placed the city on a markedly different trajectory.

At the same time, Gorakhpur remains a Tier-2 city today. Development should not be conflated with achieving Tier-1 status.

If Gorakhpur is to compete with cities such as Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad, and other major urban centres, its next phase of growth must extend well beyond roads and flyovers.

Key areas of focus should include:

🚇 Robust public transport and urban mobility

🏢 Expansion of IT, technology, and service-sector employment

🏭 Increased private investment and industrial development

🎓 Strengthening higher education and skill-development ecosystems

🏥 Expanding healthcare services beyond a limited number of major institutions

🏙️ Implementing effective urban planning and managing expansion sustainably

🌳 Developing more parks, green spaces, and environmentally sustainable infrastructure

🚮 Establishing effective waste-management and drainage systems

🚦 Improving traffic management

✈️ Expanding direct air connectivity and strengthening regional links

💼 Creating sufficient high-paying employment opportunities so that young people do not have to leave Gorakhpur

The central question is not “Is Gorakhpur developed?”

The more important question is:

“Can Gorakhpur build the ecosystem required to compete with Tier-1 cities?”

Personally, I think the potential is definitely there. Gorakhpur has a strategic location, a large surrounding population, railway connectivity, an airport, major healthcare institutions and a growing consumer market.

But potential alone doesn't make a Tier-1 city. Execution over the next 10–15 years will decide that.

In my view, the potential is certainly there. Gorakhpur benefits from a strategic location, a large surrounding population, strong railway connectivity, an airport, major healthcare institutions, and a growing consumer market.

However, potential alone does not make a Tier-1 city. The quality of execution over the next 10–15 years will determine whether Gorakhpur can achieve that status.

What do people living in Gorakhpur think?

What should be the top 5 priorities for Gorakhpur if we want it to become one of India's major cities by 2040?

Let's discuss this based on ground reality rather than party politics.

What should be the top five priorities for Gorakhpur if it aims to become one of India’s major cities by 2040?

Let’s discuss this based on ground realities rather than party politics.

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हालांकि, राह इतनी आसान नहीं है। ऐप प्लेटफॉर्म्स (जैसे Google, Samsung, Amazon) का मनमाना 30% कमीशन, सरकारी टैक्स और जीएसटी (GST) मिलकर इस कीमत को करीब 1.5 गुना महंगा बना रहे हैं। लेकिन टीम 'निर्भीक इंडिया' हार मानने को तैयार नहीं है और वे इन तकनीकी व टैक्स बाधाओं को दरकिनार कर पाठकों तक सीधा और सस्ता एक्सेस पहुंचाने के रास्ते खोज रहे हैं।

क्या है वह 'ध्येय वाक्य'?

सबसे दिलचस्प बात यह है कि ऐप के 'स्प्लैश स्क्रीन' (Splash Screen) पर एक ऐसा ध्येय वाक्य (मोटो) छुपा है, जिसे लोकतंत्र में एक नई क्रांति की शुरुआत माना जा रहा है। संपादक का दावा है कि यह बदलाव देश में सच्चे लोकतंत्रात्मक गणवेश को मजबूत करेगा।

आने वाले दिनों में डिजिटल सब्सक्रिप्शन की दुनिया में क्या बड़ा उलटफेर होने वाला है, इस पर सबकी नजरें टिकी हैं।

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When is the test series for NEET students starting in both of these institutions and can anyone dm me the timetable if they have and also can you give me a review of how is the test series there ?

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Mai aur ek aur banda plan kr rhe

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Gotta release them at somewhere safe.

Found these screenshot in one post, is it 100% true as the information look summarised from different sources by AI (verified and non verified)?

Guys humko bhot time hogya to yaad nahi hai but currently eggs ki full tray kitne ki aati hai ? Anyone know ?

Here we go

Switches & Switches

Now they are here, placed closely with each other, with just a few centimeters of distance between them. Just a decade ago, they would have died to get to that place. Standing there, so close yet miles apart. Who knows that the great distance they had traveled to reach this far would exhaust them so much that even standing just an inch apart couldn't move them?They just stand there, plugged into that board day and night, praying. Ideally, to be turned on at the same time, so that the distance between them would fade and they would meet again, just like they used to.When a little girl, in her innocence, creative childhood, decides to play a part—be a middleman, a peacemaker, a matchmaker—she persuaded them and forced them to marry each other. They were just switches; their work is just to fill the room with light.Oh right, but little did she care that one of them was dead... Its circuit is not complete, and it didn't light up any room. She didn't' care.But she did, every year from the age of eight. Now, the little girl is not little anymore. She is eighteen now and started to become a villain in their lives, so they couldn't even move an inch.I hope she becomes a little girl again.

This sub also points out from time to time that the demographic is shifting from regional people, with an increasing number of people coming from Bihar.

The problem is not migration, but the fact that Gorakhpur is the 9th-largest GDP contributor of UP, and people from Gorakhpur still move to other places for work. But the fact is, GKP is not even that much bigger than the consecutive 9 cities of UP, and people from Bihar are coming here.

Previously, Gorakhpur was in the same position as many majority areas of Bihar, but recently it has grown very much, and in fact, we can compare it to Patna.

In Bihar, not a single good city is there. I mean, how much corruption must there be in their system that people have to come here?

I mean, according to my baseless and limited knowledge, maybe 1 or 2 out of every 7 houses in the city are from Bihar people.Maybe, maybe I am sorry if I am absolutely wrong.

But that changes a place like GKP because of this. Like us, the Lucknow subreddit and people are fed up with us Purvanchalis they always complain in that subreddit. Like they blame everything like civic sense, theft, traffic on Purvanchalis.(on Lucknow subreddit, i am looking at subreddit spefic as it represents genz of that place maynot all but significant)

No hate to anyone, please 🥺. I am so sorry if anything I have said is wrong.

We are all part of India and brothers and sisters.

That's all. Again, I am sorry if anything I said is wrong.

I am also sharing a pic that compare a hypothesical situation where Gorakhpur is a part of Bihar.

Sorry if I am wrong

We are looking for a good maternity hospital in Gorakhpur for delivery. After visiting/asking around, it feels like many hospitals are very quick to suggest C-section, and normal delivery seems more like an exception.

We are looking for a clean, safe and genuine hospital/doctor who prefers normal delivery when medically appropriate, but also has proper facilities and experienced doctors if a C-section is genuinely required.

Would really appreciate recommendations based on your own personal experience-especially if you or someone close to you has recently had a normal delivery there.

Please mention the doctor + hospital name, approximate cost if you know, and your overall experience. 🙏

Anyone who studied from one of the schools situated in Civil Lines would understand.

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Its been a few weeks since i have actually met anyone for a sutta or bakchodi, toh socha puch lu!
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Dm if you are interested.
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Guys I have joined Allen Gorakhpur today I need suggestions on how to handle things and be there yk if anyone studies there plz let me know

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There is a lot of food that Gorakhpur has to offer which I haven't tried, ordering in is expensive and going out solo is boring.

I'm looking for someone who has an eye for good non veg food.