500 crores stranded in illegal colonies of more than 600 hectares, plots trapped in this city up - Gorakhpur News GDA demolish illegal colonies 500 crore stuck

Updated: WO, 8 Oct 2025 11:23 am (IST) GDA drove Bulldozers on illegal colonies in Gorakhpur, thereby capturing public capital worth approximately Rs 500 crore. After the instructions of the main minister, more than 150 illegal colonies in which plans for road, output and park were not approved. Agricultural land has been sold illegally and now many business people are ABSONDS. Jagran correspondent, Gorakhpur. Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA) now uses bulldozers to attack the illegal colonies that have come up uncontrollably in the city. By ignoring the rules, land dealers did for years without approval of the interpretation. Thousands of people have invested their lifelong earnings in these colonies, but now that the government is starting to act, the investors cannot get the plot or the money back. It is estimated that more than Rs 500 crore of the capital of the general public is trapped in these illegal schemes. Remove the ad that read only the news while emphasizing the planned development, chief minister Yogi Adityanath gave instructions to take steps against illegal colonies. After this, the government has now begun preparations for more rigor. According to the information, there is a network of more than 150 illegal colonies distributed in the Gorakhpur Development Authority. In this, the authorities demolished the boundary wall of the plate done in 88 colonies over an area of ​​over 600 hectares. While the process of action takes place in about 65 colonies. Another road, output or park plan has been approved in these colonies. The land use of most colonies is agriculture. In most cases, the land dealers have divided the agricultural land into pieces and sold it to the people at cheap prices. According to sources in the government, many builders assured people that the colon card would be approved soon and that the necessary facilities would be provided. People believed it and deposited the money, but later, when GDA investigated, it found that these colonies could not be developed according to the rules. In some places, land use was recorded as agriculture without changing which construction work was started. Many business people and middlemen ran away. After the rigor was started by GDA, many business people and middlemen ran away from the country. Now the buyers have no information about the builder or any way to get their money back. Inderjit Sharma, resident of Rustampur, says he took five decimal land in the Khorabar area. Later it came to light that the colony was illegal. Reading allottes will also celebrate Diwali at their home in Gorakhpur, the ownership letter from the hands of CM Yogi. GDA broke all the plate walls. Years of saving have been stuck for two years. The land seller raised his hands. Anjani and Niranjan Pandey, two Nandanagar brothers, took two plots in a colony developed near Siktaur in 2022. Since it was found out that the construction cannot be done there, the sleepless nights have disappeared. There are many such victims who make rounds of GDA daily in search of land sellers. Continuous action continues against illegal colonies. More than 80 such colonies were demolished. Many are in the midst of action. People need to be careful before buying a plot. Before buying a land or plot, it is necessary to check whether its layout is approved by GDA or not. Information for this is available on the GDA website. – Anand Vardhan, Vice President, GDA