lK Advani breaks silence on NaMo in State
Korba: In the first ever public appearance since September 13 when the BJP declared Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate despite party patriarch lK Advani's wishes, the former Deputy Prime Minister on September 15 showered praise on Modi in Chhattisgarh and said that he had taken development to the rural hinterland of Gujarat and ensured round-the-clock power supply in each and every village. Advani also dedicated the 500 MW Hasdeo Thermal Power Expansion Project to the nation. The plant which was built by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company ltd. at a cost of Rs3,671 crore, has taken the total power generation capacity of the 13-year-old State to 2424 MW, though the demand in the State even at the peak hour is about 2000 MW. Advani who was on a day-long trip of the State, heaped praise on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and said he was doing the same job in Chhattisgarh as Modi has done for infrastructure and power in Gujarat.
PM commissions NTPC power plant
Sipat: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 19 dedicated the NTPC’s 2,980 MW Sipat Super Thermal Power Station in Chhattisgarh to the nation at a grand function held at Sipat in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district. Singh also laid the foundation stone of 1600 MW Stage-I of NTPC’s lara Super Thermal Power Project through remote. The project which will come up at lara village in coal-rich Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh will have two units of 800 MW in stage I and will have an ultimate installed capacity of 4000 MW. “The coal based Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is capable of generating 2980 MW of electricity and it will not only cater to the demands of Chattisgarh, but also adjoining States like Madhya Pradesh and as far as Jammu and Kashmir,” the Prime Minister remarked in his brief speech while dedicating the project to the nation. PM dedicates NTPC's 2980 MW Sipat plant Rs 13,000 crore, NTPC has for the first time used the super critical technology in the Sipat plant. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Charandas Mahant who is also the Chhattisgarh unit chief of the Congress and Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD NTPC, during his trip to Chhattisgarh.
Maoists attack NMDC facility
Dantewada: Dozens of armed Maoists carried out attack at the NMDC ltd, India’s largest iron ore producer and exporter in public sector, at violence-hit Dantewada district under Bailadila hills, on September 18. The rebels targeted Deposit-5 at Bacheli where it set about 200 metres of conveyor belt of the NMDC ltd on fire. The Maoists had walked away free after carrying out the attack and arson. As the news of arson and gun shots in the air spreads, NMDC officials, leaders of various trade unions and jawans of Central Industrial security Forces (CISF) as well as fire brigade, rushed to the spot and the blazing fire was brought under control at least after three hours. The incident took place at around 1 am. NMDC officials based at Bacheli said that this incident was one of the biggest attacks on NMDC facilities in Chhattisgarh in recent years.
Assistant Accounts Officer worth Rs 2.02 cr
Bilaspur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths unearthed disproportionate assets worth more than Rs 2.02 crores from the Assistant Accounts Officer posted at Chhattisgarh Civil Supplies Corporation limited (CCSCl), Bilaspur. The raid was concurrently conducted at three places of the Assistant Account Officers, informed an official statement released by ACB on September 20. According to sources in ACB, Patrush Tirki, assistant accounts officer posted in Bilaspur office of CCSCl was under the scanner of ACB for a long time. Raids were conducted in house of Tirki at VIP City Rajkishor Nagar in Rajiv Vihar, Gitanjali City phase-2 Bilaspur and a farm house at Chilhati village in the district. Most of property was registered on the name of family members of Tirki, sources revealed.
Naxal with Rs 1l reward arrested in Kanker
Kanker: A naxal, who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was arrested from Maoist affected Kanker district of on September 19. Acting on a specific tip-off, the cadre was nabbed by a team of local police from a weekly market of Tadoki village falls under Tadoki police station limits, police informed. The arrested has been identified as Rajuram alias Vikas, reportedly a member of Keshkal Area Committee of Communist Party of India (Maoist), mostly active in northern Bastar region. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh and thirty warrants were issued against him. He was also wanted in several cases of crime ranging from loot, arson, murder to attack on police party.