GORAKHPUR, Oct. 11 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday highlighted the government's decisive action against the land mafia as he handed over keys to newly built flats to 160 underprivileged families at the high-rise Palm Paradise complex near the Deoria Bypass in Gorakhpur.

The allotment included 80 flats for economically weaker section (EWS) and 80 for low income group (LIG) families.

"Last year in Prayagraj, 76 flats were built on land freed from mafia encroachment. Similarly, in Lucknow, land reclaimed from the mafia has been used to build homes for the poor. From now on, in Uttar Pradesh, the mansions of the mafia will make way for houses of the poor," he said.

He inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 50 developmen...