ITI to be set up in Jeevan Nagar Sirsa

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 4

An Industrial Training Institute costing Rs 4.50 crore  will be set up at village Jeevan Nagar in district Sirsa under Multi-sectoral Development Plan (MsDP).

          While stating this today, an official spokesman said that under this scheme during current financial year, Rs 5.50 crore would be spent in 70 villages of four blocks namely Rania, Dabwali, Odhan and Baragudha of district Sirsa. He said that two districts of Haryana namely Sirsa and Mewat have been included under a scheme for minorities. This scheme was started in both these districts during the year 2009-10. He said that for the year 2012-13, the villages of district Sirsa with majority of Sikh population have been included. The population of chosen villages constitutes more than 40 per cent of people belonging to Sikh community.

          He said that directions have been issued to officers of Public Health Engineering Department to prepare waterworks schemes for four villages chosen by Central Government under Multi-sectoral Development Plan to provide clean drinking water facilities in these villages.

          He said that under Multi-sectoral Development Plan, so far over Rs 13.13 crore had been spent in district Sirsa, out of which Rs 1.62 crore were spent to construct 63 additional school rooms. Rs 2.13 crore were spent to construct 71 Anganwadi Centres. He said that district administration, through this programme under Indira Awas Yojana has constructed 1941 houses whereas construction of 59 houses was under progress. Similarly, Rs 47 lakh have been spent on drinking water facilities. Under this scheme, construction work of Industrial Training Institute, Odhan has also been started, he added.