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Establishment of concrete sleeper plant and railway apprentice training centre in Odisha

January 4, 2019 by indiaadmn456 Leave a Comment


Establishment of concrete sleeper plant and railway apprentice training centre in Odisha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 245
ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

Establishment of concrete sleeper plant and railway apprentice training centre in Odisha

245 Shri Narendra Kumar Swain
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether any action has been taken by Government on the request of Government of Odisha to establish a concrete sleeper plant in the vast land available with Railways at Kantabanji and to establish a railway apprentice training centre in the backward Kalahandi, Bolangir Koraput (KBK) region of Odisha to promote skill development and increase employability of the workforce, which in turn would contribute to the National Skill Development Mission; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) and (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 245 BY SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR SWAIN ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 04.01.2019 REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF CONCRETE SLEEPER PLANT AND RAILWAY APPRENTICE TRAINING CENTRE IN ODISHA

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. With regard to establishing of concrete sleeper plant at Kantabanji, the request of Government of Odisha was examined and it was not considered justified as Kantabanji falls under the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) which has five working concrete sleeper plants having sufficient production capacity to meet the present level of demand of sleepers of ECoR.

Accordingly, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Odisha was informed vide letter dated 22.11.2018.

With regard to establishing railway apprentice training center, no such proposal by Government of Odisha to establish railway apprentice training centre in the backward Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput region of Odisha to promote skill development and increase employability of the workforce, has been received in the Ministry of Railways.



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