About Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur Railway Station

Gorakhpur is situated 265 Km. east of Lucknow on National Highway-28. An important centre of Eastern U.P., Gorakhpur has been an integral part of the erstwhile Empires of Mauryan, Shunga, Kushana and Gupta dynasties. Gorakhpur, named after saint Gorakshnath, an eminent profounder saint of Nath Sampradaya, is one of the most important religious and cultural centres of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The city is known for its proximity to Kushinagar and Nepal. That is why it serves as a gateway and stop over to the Buddhist places of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the headquarter of North-Eastern Railway.

Passport application work shifted to Passport Seva Kendras

Passport Seva Kendra

The submission of passport applications at the regional passport office has stopped since Monday. All applicants are now being directed to the Passport Seva Kendra (PSKs) to submit their passport applications.

It's not only the submission (of general category) of passport applications, which will be done at PSKs, but also the applications for renewal and re-issue of passports and Tatkal passports.

Govt to provide free ambulance service for encephalitis patients

encephalitis

In order to control the spread of encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the state government has decided to provide free-of-cost ambulance service to all encephalitis patients between July 15 and November 15.

All the community health centres in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions have been provided with an ambulance each. Pediatricians have also been posted for the encephalitis season.

A government order for providing free of cost ambulances to the encephalitis patients was issued today, said Dr Ramji Lal, Director General, Medical and Health. Till now, Rs 5 per kilometre was charged from patients for availing the ambulance service, he said.

“A meeting was held by Principal Secretary in both Gorakhpur and Basti division today, in which the Principal Secretary gave these orders,” said the DG.