PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 15 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that Prayagraj's Kasari-Masari, once considered a stronghold of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, would be renamed 'Shrikrishnapuri', with houses for 1,200 poor families coming up on land freed from the Mafioso.

The Prayagraj Development Authority will develop the proposed multi-storey township. Yogi made the announcement after performing the 'Bhoomi Pujan' of the Padma Lok Apartment project, a multi-storey residential complex being developed on reclaimed government land in Prayagraj.

Under the UP government's drive to reclaim land from mafias and provide housing to the poor, 602 families in Kasari-Masari would receive houses in the first phase ...