The ambitious projects of setting up a zoo in Gorakhpur and starting a light and sound show at the Gorakhnath temple will become a reality in the New Year.
Gorakhpur, the native city of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has been in the limelight of development in 2018 with the city already getting a civil airport.
On January 1, 2019, the light and sound show will commence at the Gorakhnath temple while the zoo will be ready by June next.
The construction of AIIMS is under full swing in the city while the closed fertiliser factory will reopen in the new year.
Sources in the Gorakhnath temple confirmed on Monday that the light and sound show will commence from Tuesday. It will be held at the Bhim Sarovar where a 30-foot water screen has been installed.
In the inaugural show, the people will watch the history of the Nath panth through 3-D presentation.
“The light and sound show will be held every day after sunset,” the sources said.
Meanwhile, work on the Gorakhpur zoo is also underway and it is expected that the zoo will be thrown open for public by June next.
The sources said that the government was spending around Rs 250 crore for setting up the zoo on 121.34 acre land besides a bio-diversity park on 171 acre land.
The Gorakhpur zoo, third in Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow and Kanpur, will house 200 animals of 30 species in 301 cages.