Gorakhpur. City of Gorakhnath Temple. City of politics. But the real news from the streets reveals 4 wounds. The city of Gorakhnath is bleeding.
Wound 1: The Hospital That Became a Graveyard
Remember 2017? 60 children died in Gorakhpur's hospital. Oxygen shortage. That was 9 years ago. Today, the hospital still has shortages. Not oxygen. Medicines. Beds. Doctors.
A mother said: "My son has been in the hospital for 2 days. The doctor hasn't come yet." Facilities improved on paper. On the ground, mothers still wait.
The Rapti flows through Gorakhpur. It used to be clean. Now it's black. Sewage. Chemicals. Industrial waste. Children play on the banks. They don't know the water is poison. River cleaning project was launched 5 years ago. The river is still black. Gorakhpur's young people are leaving. To Delhi. To Mumbai. To Pune. To anywhere but here. A young man said: "There are no jobs in Gorakhpur. No business. No future. What should I do?" The city is not dying. It's being emptied. One young man refused to leave. He saw children begging at traffic signals. He started a small school in a park. Now 50 children study there. None of them beg. He says: "Gorakhpur taught me. Now I'm teaching." Gorakhpur is famous for its temple. For its politics. For its leader. But behind the fame, there are wounds. A hospital that still fails. A river that runs black. Young people who leave. And one young man who stays. The city of Gorakhnath is bleeding. Who will heal it?
Wound 2: The Rapti River That Runs Black
Wound 3: The Young People Who Are Leaving
Wound 4: The Young Man Who Stayed — He Teaches Street Children
Gorakhpur Is Bleeding