Business Standard: Gonda(U.P.):
Saturday, March 15, 2014.
Union steel
Minister and local MP Beni Prasad Verma had laid foundation stones of four mega
projects in his constituency without availability of land for them.
According to
information got through RTI by local journalist Janki Sharan Dwivedi, Verma had
laid the foundation of Steel Authority of India's (SAIL) colour coated steel
processing unit in Paraspur in June last year and Rastriya Ispat Nigam
Limited's (RINL) steel processing unit in Koili forest in September last.
Last month,
he laid the foundation of NMDC power limited and IDCL's 500 MW power project in
Turkadeeha and this month for a branch of Amity University in Soni Harlal
village.
Though the
foundation of these projects were laid by the minister, no land was available
with the department concerned, official sources said here.
According to
RTI information, Rs 16 lakh was spent on newspaper advertisements and Rs six
lakh for organising the foundation laying function in the programme at
Parsapur.
Almost
similar amount of money was spent on other three programmes by the local MP.
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