Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will lay the foundation of Jawaharpur thermal power plant at Etah amnd also address a rally Asapur village there on December 23. He will also lay the foundation of 2X660 MW Obra-C thermal power plant at Sonebhadra from Etah. Both plants are being executed by UP Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
On Saturday, the CM held a long meeting with his core team at his official residence to take stock of the preparations for the proposed rally.
A prominent member of `Team Akhilesh’ presently under suspension from the party said that a plan has also been drawn for organising Vikas Rath Yatra in Bundelkhand. He said the Yatra would start from Hamirpur, go to Jhansi and conclude in lalitpur. He however said that the dates for the Yatra are yet to be finalised.
The CM is also said to have discussed probable candidates, particularly the youth for the next Assembly polls. The meeting was attended by several youth leaders including MlCs suspended from the party in September / October last for anti-party activities.
The 2X660 MW or 1,320 MW power plants in Etah will be set up by Jawaharpur Vidyut Utpadan Nigam ltd - a subsidiary of UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam limited. The power plant is coal -based thermal power plants. The decision to set up the thermal power plant at Etah was taken way back in 1993 and the same year, a MOU was signed with a Canadian company which later backed out.
In 2012, the state government invited bids from private sector for execution of the power plant. After 23 years and failing to get response from the market, the government decided to implement the project in public sector through its own resources. The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 7,000 crores and both units of the plant are likely to be operational in next five years.
Meanwhile, the proposed meeting of Samajwadi Party’s first family to discuss ticket distribution for the next Assembly polls was postponed as general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav could not reach lucknow. State SP president shivpal Yadav, Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and party chief Mulayam Singh were likely to attend the meeting.