Union Minister for State for Energy Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the dreams of joining Shivpuri-Guna and Ashok Nagar with the main stream and development of country and State led by his father late Madhav Rao Scindia is going to be implemented now.
Whether it may be rail, road, health or education, the gift of crores of rupees to this region has provided new pace to the development, he added. Scindia was speaking as a chief guest in stone laying ceremony at NTPC in Shivpuri. He further said that Shivpuri is going to become the biggest centre of energy not only in Shivpuri but in the whole Madhya Pradesh which has been started.
The children of this place would take training in the national power training institute of shivpuri with the investment of Rs 64 crore and would make transmission after training. This is 10th institute of the state being opened is Shivpuri. For this NTPC deserve congratulation. The joint secretary of energy department director general of NTPC Subodh Garg, chief director JSS Rao were special guest of the programme. The MlA Ram Singh Yadav, Shakuntala Khateek, Ganesh Gautam, Hari Ballabh Shukla, Rakesh Jain, Rakesh Gupta, Sardae Beg Mirza were presented.
“We have received the gift of 300 bedded Hospital costing Rs 90 crore,” said director principal of the institute RP Choubey expressed gratitude and Samarth Agrawal conducted the programme. Scindia said, “There was a time when energy ministry was in loss but since I took over the ministry many works in the field of energy have been done.” The minister of energy is making 35,000 megawatt transmission.
Giving information NTPC he said that 9 institutes are being running the country and 10th institute is being opened in Shivpuri. Thermal hydro training would also be given here. The trainees would get the opportunity of employment.