Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of Rs 23,502 crore nuclear power plant, to be set up at Gorakhpur in Haryana’s Fatehabad district, in January next year.
The Prime Minister would also address a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of the plant, Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), CBS Venkataramanna said on Thursday. About 1,503 acres of land has been acquired for setting up the plant and compensation amounting to Rs 450 crore has been given to the farmers whose land was acquired, a Haryana government release quoted Venkataramanna as saying.
Scientists of Nuclear Power Corporation of India limited (NPCIl) have conducted various surveys and tests at the site of the plant, he said.