It is in the interest of the students of western Odisha who want to pursue technical education courses that an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) would soon be established at Bijepur in Bargarh district.
A notification in this regard has been released by the Skill Development & Technical Education Department.
“With a view to strengthening ITI training facilities at the block level and to facilitate skill training need of local youths, Government have been pleased to sanction establishment of one
Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Bijepur block under the craftsman training pattern out of the State plan budgetary allocation,” said a departmental notification.
Notably, the notification came ahead of the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly constituency, which has been vacated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who retained his old seat of Hinjili in Ganjam district which he also won simultaneously in the last elections.
After forming his Government this time, Patnaik had announced a Rs 1,330-crore package, including provision of pucca houses to 34,000 households, for the Bijepur constituency.
He also promised to set up an ITI in Bijepur and two skill development centres at Gaisilet and Barpalli in the area.