Establishments

Establishments

1. Central Government Gorakhpur Railway Station

N.E. Railway

Gorakhpur is the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway Zone having computerised reservation facility since 1st Jan. 1990 . The first railway line linking Gorakhpur was opened between Sonepur to Mankapur on 15th January,1885. Since then, the railway lines have increased manifold. Today Gorakhpur stands linked directly with long distance trains to the states' capitals of the country - Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Chennai, Bhopal, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthpuram, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Jammu. The most important train is 'Buddha Parikrama Express', linking Buddha's holy places of Kushinagar, Sarnath, Rajgir and Bodhgaya.

DoorDarshan

Established in the year 1984, it is the 2nd Doordarshan programme organising and commercial service centre in Uttar Pradesh, first being the capital Lucknow.

All India Radio

Established in the year 1974, it is the 2nd News Broadcast Station after Lucknow Radio Station. The morning news is being broadcasted from the Gorakhpur radio station while evening news from Lucknow.

Air Force Station

It is under the Central Air Command , Allahabad. Here, flying training of Jaguar Fighter planes is being imparted.

Gorkha Recruitment Depot (GRD)

It is the recruitment and pension disbursement centre for the Gorakha Regiment.

Post Master General -(Gorakhpur Region)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (Telecom)
Central Excise

Divisionsal office headed by an Asstt. Collector of Central Excise is located at Gorakhpur. The district Gorakhpur, Deoria Kushinagar, Mahrajganj alongwith the Basti, Gonda and Bahraich are under the same division. This department is responsible of assessment and collection of central excise duties on items like Sugar, Fertilisers,jute , khandsari etc. enforcement of Gold Control Order is also an important duty performed by this unit.

Custom
Income Tax
Employees Provident Fund, Regional Office
Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI)
Centre for Electronics Design and Technology Of India (CEDTI)

2. State Government

Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA)
Set up on the pattern of NOIDA in the eastern U.P. at Gorakhpur, in the year 1989 by the Government of U.P. to accelerate industrial development. Located on Gorakhpur - Lucknow National Highway -28, GIDA is 3 km. away from main City of Gorakhpur it is spead over a distance of 20 km. which includes 76 villages and covers 10,000 acres of land.

Basic infrastructure facilities like Telecommunication, Securuty, Water Supply, Pollution Control, Water Disposal etc. provided in the Master Plan of GIDA. GIDA is electrified with a 33/11 K.V. sub-station exclusively for the industrial units, telephone connections provided to all working units. Also, an Industrial Advisory Cell has been established which provides guidance in the selection of projects and machinery etc.

Contact Chairman or Addl. Chief Executive Officer, GIDA for further query on setting up of industrial units in GIDA, on Tel. Nos. 0551- 334486, 340504, 343562.

Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA)
It came into being on 1st May, 1977 for well planned development of the city.
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