Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the progress report of the ongoing projects of Gadarwara power plant and Jabalpur-Gondiya gauge conversion on Wednesday under the 'pro-active governance and timely implementation (progress) video conference'.
The Prime Minister held discussions with Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa and the Chief Secretaries of other States on Sunday. All activities for underlay of 1600 MW power plant in Narsinghpur district's Gadarwara have been speeded.
The Chief Secretary informed the Prime Minister that proceeding to acquire and hand over Government land needed for this super thermal power station has been completed. The award for 165 acres of private land for the plant has also been passed. Proceedings for this would be completed in the next ten days. The other 8.62 acre private land would be acquired in the next two months, he added. The Power Secretary of the Central Government Pradeep Kumar Pujari and Special Secretary of the Union Coal Ministry AK Dubey also apprised the Prime Minister about the progress of the project.
The Prime Minister also took information of the progress in the conversion of narrow gauge to broad gauge of the Jabalpur-Gondiya railway line. The Chief Secretary informed the Prime Minister that the Railway Ministry sought environment clearance for Tirodi-Katangi section yesterday only and the State Government provided the required clearance on the same day. PM Modi lauded the prompt action taken by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
Notably, there are three main sections of this rail project that are Gondiya- Balaghat of 50 km, Jabalpur-Nainpur of 113 km and Nainpur-Balaghat of 76 km. The work on all these sections is progressing rapidly. The target for completing the two big sections of the project is set for March and December 2017.
The Prime Minister also took information of the e-district project in the States. The Chief Secretary informed the Prime Minister that under the project 101 civil services are provided in the State besides the Public Service Management Department is also providing services to the citizens and has become leader in that. In all, 435 civil services are provided to the people, he added.