12-06-2006, 10:30 PM
<b>Sonia announces Rs 3,500 projects for Rae Bareli </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A number of industries set up in this district during former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's regime were either shut down or facing problems, she said inaugurating the fifth 210 MW unit of <b>Feroz Gandhi Unchachar thermal power station</b>.
"Realising the sentiments of the common man, I have tried to give a new lease of life to all such industries and set up new ones," she said adding the NTPC unit would increase the plant's capacity to 1,050 MW and fulfill the power demand of her constituency and other parts of the state.
The AICC chief said Rs 1,000 crore had been sanctioned for establishing a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, the proposal for which was okayed the Railways Ministry and the work was expected to start soon.
She said the factory would produce 1,500 coaches per year and provide employment opportunities.
Another Rs 1,000 crore had been granted by the Centre for industrial training institutes as "ITI workers in Rae Bareli have been appealing to me to bail out the industry from a financial crunch", she said.
Gandhi also announced a Rs 1,500-crore project approved by the Heavy Industries Ministry for Lalganj and said she had written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for land allotment and was "expecting a positive response from him". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Queen can't find any other name. What was his contribution other than married to Indira. Why freedom fighters, noted scientist never make list?
Not even Sita Ram Kesari, COngress President.
"Realising the sentiments of the common man, I have tried to give a new lease of life to all such industries and set up new ones," she said adding the NTPC unit would increase the plant's capacity to 1,050 MW and fulfill the power demand of her constituency and other parts of the state.
The AICC chief said Rs 1,000 crore had been sanctioned for establishing a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, the proposal for which was okayed the Railways Ministry and the work was expected to start soon.
She said the factory would produce 1,500 coaches per year and provide employment opportunities.
Another Rs 1,000 crore had been granted by the Centre for industrial training institutes as "ITI workers in Rae Bareli have been appealing to me to bail out the industry from a financial crunch", she said.
Gandhi also announced a Rs 1,500-crore project approved by the Heavy Industries Ministry for Lalganj and said she had written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for land allotment and was "expecting a positive response from him". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Queen can't find any other name. What was his contribution other than married to Indira. Why freedom fighters, noted scientist never make list?
Not even Sita Ram Kesari, COngress President.