PM launches `6K cr project to revive Gorakhpur urea plant
23 July 2016 11:27 PM GMT
The gas-based urea plant of the state-run Fertiliser Corporation India Ltd (FCIL) will be revived by an equal joint venture company between Coal India Ltd (CIL) and NTPC Ltd. Addressing a rally after laying the foundation stone, Modi said the revival of the fertiliser plant is going to bring a big change as gas-based economy will start with supply of gas in Gorakhpur through Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline.
"It is not merely inauguration of a factory but the start of a victory march that will defeat poverty, unemployment...," he said. In a dig at previous Congress governments at the Centre, Modi said they used to import urea and other fertilisers while plants remained closed in India.
His government, he said, has decided to revive closed plants and noted that most of them, like in Sindri and Barauni, were in eastern part of the country, which needed to be strengthened if India was to develop. "The revival of the plant entailing an investment of Rs 6,000 crore is in the equity pattern of 50 per cent each between both the CPSE entities each," an official statement said.
In a brief presentation, the Prime Minister was informed that the revival of the plant is expected to offer 3,000-4,000 jobs to skilled workforce in the state. Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar, MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra, Health Minister J P Nadda, Power and Mines Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel were present at the event.
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik, Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath and senior officials of NTPC and Coal India were also present at the event. The central government said gas would be made available to the Gorakhpur fertiliser plant through the proposed Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline to be constructed by GAIL. "The revitalisation of these plants would help generate 1.27 million tonne per annum of urea along with other associated chemicals from each plant, bridging the demand supply gap of urea," it said.
Earlier on May 16, NTPC and CIL had formally inked a pact to set up a joint venture firm 'Hindustan Urvarak Rasayan Ltd' that would look into the revival of the fertiliser plant. The country's urea output this year is estimated to rise to 25 million tonnes in 2016-17 fiscal, still lower than the annual demand of 32 million tonnes. The balance is met through imports.
Modi lays Foundation Stone for gorakhpur's own AIIMS
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi led the foundation stone of the AIIMS Gorakhpur on Friday. The establishment of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims at providing affordable and reliable tertiary  level healthcare in the country in general and to augment facilities for quality medical education  in various states. The institution would have a hospital with capacity of 750 beds which will include Emergency/Trauma beds, AYUSH beds, and Private beds along with ICU Speciality and Super Specialty beds. In addition there will be administrative and AYUSH blocks, auditorium, night shelter, hostels and residential facilities. This will serve the dual purpose of providing super-specialty health care to the population while creating a large pool of doctors and other health workers in this region that can be available for primary and secondary level facilities being created under National Health Mission (NHM).Â
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