Congress
President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of two
units of 660 MW each at the super thermal power plant at Suratgarh in
Rajasthan. While addressing the gathering Sonia Gandhi slammed the
opposition for blocking the welfare measures by the Congress-led Government at
the Centre and assured that Congress is determined to carry on with its
pro-poor measures.
She also
praised the Rajasthan Government in the state for its various development
measures aimed at the benefiting the common man. “I am very happy for the fact
that the Congress government in the state under the leadership of Sh. Ashok
Gehlot has done remarkably well to improve the power situation in the state. As
a result Rajasthan today produces more than 12000 MW electricity” she said.
The UPAChairperson also highlighted various development measures taken by the
Congress-led central Government and also slammed the opposition for creating
obstacles on Centre’s welfare schemes. “I want to warn you that, there are some
political parties in our country, who indulge in activities which disturb the
stability. Whenever there is a threat for stability that will affect
development works negatively and will increase the hardship of the poor.
We must be careful that these parties could do anything to grab power and are
not bothered about the difficulties of the people” said Sonia Gandhi.
“Rajasthan
has always shown the entire country the way to live with pride and self
respect. We must continue this tradition and must work together for further
progress. We will surge ahead by continuing our sincere, committed and hard
work and will together defeat the anti-development forces who try to create
hurdles in the path of progress” said Sonia Gandhi concluding her address.
The seventh
and eighth units of super critical thermal power station at Suratgarh will be
ready by 2016-17. They have been built at a cost of Rs 7920 crore. The two
units coming up at Suratgarh would generate 1320 MW.
Sonia Gandhi
was accompanied by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Energy Minister Jitendra
Singh. The Congress President is also scheduled to inaugurate a Rs 2,938-crore
drinking water supply project at Jayal in Nagaur district.
Sonia Gandhi had
inaugurated another drinking water project in Barmer district last August.
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