PM to lay stone for power plant in Gondia district

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of a 1,980 mw super thermal power station on Saturday in Gondia district of Maharashtra.

NAGPUR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of a 1,980 mw super thermal power station on Saturday in Gondia district of Maharashtra.

State Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh will preside over the function while Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Energy Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will be chief guests, official sources said on Friday.

Singh will later lay the foundation stone for the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Training Institute of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) at Birsi airport in Gondia.

Immediately after his arrival in Gondia directly from Pune, he will attend the annual day function of Gondia Education Society headed by Praful Patel. He will return to capital by a special IAF aircraft, official sources added.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil and host of cabinet ministers from the state will be present at the foundation stone function of the 1,980 MW super thermal power station, of the Adani Group, at Tiroda.
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