In an attempt to set up projects that can generate power from waste Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan will visit Italy soon to evaluate feasibility of these projects in Uttar Pradesh. “The government is very serious on installing units that can generate power or gas from the waste. I will go to Italy after the assembly session to see feasibility of these units in the state,” ‘ he told the UP assembly here on Monday.
Khan, while replying to a question of Dharampal Singh (BSP) and others said that he will visit Italy on government expenditure as he was not interested in taking any privilege from private companies. “The Italian company had given a demonstration in Mumbai on Sunday and I will now see its operation in Italy,” he said.
The minister said that a waste disposal project of Jindal group is also being set up in the state. At present around 500 tons of waste is required daily for running a unit. Big cities like lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Ghazibad, Varanasi would get the project in the first phase. Meanwhile, to another question UP government said that 80 fast track courts have been set up in the state to expedite cases related to women atrocities.
Answering another question of Manish Asija (BJP) UP women welfare minister Aruna Kori said that 16.86 lakh widows are given pension of Rs 300 per month. She also said that under the Samajwadi Pension additional 5.58 lakh widows and their families would be benefited.