The second Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) meeting for NLC Talabira thermal power plant was held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern) Suresh Chandra Dalai.
Health Minister Naba Das attending the meet said that the displaced families should be given adequate compensation at the rate of Rs 50 lakh per acre of land and nobody should be compelled to give land against their will. Besides, he proposed for establishment of a neurology hospital at Jharsuguda with an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore by the company.
Das also proposed for adoption of Hirma village and more welfare projects out of CSR funds. That apart, the persons not getting job under the settlement scheme could be given Rs 3,000 per month as allowance for 30 years, Das proposed.
NLC Power Project Director Saji John said that the production of 3,200 megawatts of electricity will take place in two phases. 800 MW of power will be provided to Odisha State, as per Union Power Ministry's directive, while the rest 2,400 MW would be distributed to Tamilnadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari, Rengali MLA Nauri Nayak, IG (NR) Deepak Kumar, Collector Saroj Kumar Samal and SP Rahul Jain, Project Head Anurag Mittal, Zilla Parishad President and local village committee members from Rengali, Talabira, Hirma and affected GP were present.