Staff Reporter
Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday, cleared long-awaited transfer
of 292.5 acres of land in Multimodal International Hub and Airport at
Nagpur (MIHAN), for two important projects -- Nagpur Metro Rail and
Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The land transfer will expedite
these vital projects in Nagpur.
Fadnavis cleared the transfer of
land during a meeting held at Mantralaya in Mumbai. Energy Minister
Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and the officials of Maharashtra Airport
Development Company (MADC), Energy Department, Industries Department,
Urban Development Department, General Administration Department, Finance
Department, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC),
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and others attended the meeting.
According
to officials, Chief Minister chaired the meeting that was organised to
take stock of the progress of MIHAN project. Of 292.5 acres of land in
MIHAN, 37 hectares (92.5 acres) was required for car-shed and other
facilities of Nagpur Metro Rail project, and 80 hectares (200 acres) for
IIM.
While clearing the land transfer, Chief Minister also asked
the officials concerned to expedite works in MIHAN project. At the same
time, various development works must be carried out in time to expedite
rehabilitation of project-affected persons, he added. Considering the
requirements in future, he asked the officials to make available land at
concessional rates to educational institutions imparting higher
education, and get constructed a school in MIHAN area to impart quality
education. “Priority must be accorded to children of project-affected
persons while starting admissions in this school,” he said. A community
hall also should be constructed under MIHAN project, he added.
During
discussion on the issue of power supply to industries in MIHAN area,
Chief Minister made it clear that costly power would not be purchased at
any cost. He asked the officials concerned to work out a solution on
the issue of power tariff.
P S Meena, Additional Chief Secretary
(General Administration); Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, Additional Chief
Secretary (Finance); Mukesh Khullar, Principal Secretary (Energy);
Apurva Chandra, Principal Secretary (Industries); Sanjay Bhatiya,
Managing Director of CIDCO; Nitin Karir, Principal Secretary (Urban
Development); Bhushan Gagrani, Chief Executive Officer of MIDC; Tanaji
Satre, Managing Director of MADC; Shravan Hardikar, Municipal
Commissioner, Nagpur, and other senior officers attended the meeting.
It
may be recalled here that since taking over Chief Minister, Devendra
Fadnavis has been taking a keen interest in expediting development of
MIHAN project. He has included this ambitious project for Vidarbha into
his top priority list.
Meanwhile, Dr Dinesh Keskar, Senior
Vice-President (Sales) for Asia-Pacific and India, Boeing Commercial
Airplanes, met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday in Mumbai and
discussed the progress of MIHAN project. Dr Keskar urged Fadnavis to
extend all co-operation from the Government and also start courses in
aviation sector so that skilled manpower was available for Boeing
project.
In response, Fadnavis told Dr Keskar that the Government
was planning to start courses in aviation sector to make available
skilled manpower to investors in MIHAN area. Apart from this, already,
Nagpur was getting prominence with All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), and Indian
Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) coming up there.
(Filed on February 24, 2015)
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