Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly that 11 units of a total of 126 power plants currently operational in the State are lying closed.
"As on January 25, 2014, there are a total of 126 power plants established in Chhattisgarh," he informed in a written reply to Congress member Ramdayal Uike.
Singh said that out of 126 companies, State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) had signed MoUs with 33 companies while the State Energy Department signed MoUs with a total of 11 companies.
In a written reply to a separate question from BJP member Rajmahant Savlaram Dahre, the Chief Minister stated that a total of 929 local
persons have been provided employment in the under-construction unit of JK lakshmi Cement ltd in the Ahiwara Assembly segment.
The company's Community Development department during the previous year provided professional training as part of its educational development programme to local youth and farmers besides holding medical and health camps, veterinary health camps while also promoting initiatives such as Women Empowerment, environment protection through mass
plantation drives and Rain Water Harvesting in rural areas including Ahiwara, Khasadih, Dikuriya, Pitora, Semaria, Girhola and Nadini Khundini, he stated.