Gorakhpur: Prime Minister Modi reached Gorakhpur on Tuesday to inaugurate multiple projects worth Rs 9600 crore, which includes an AIIMS and a major fertiliser plant. Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath are also present at the event.
Lying shut for more than 30 years, the plant has been revived and built at a cost of around Rs 8600 crore and its foundation stone was laid by the PM earlier on July 22.
The main aim behind the revival of the Gorakhpur Plant is to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of urea. This plant will facilitate the production of 12.7 LMT per annum indigenous neem coated urea. This production will be highly beneficial for the farmers of the Purvanchal region and the adjoining areas, and will also boost the overall economic growth of the region.
The project has been set up under the aegis of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL), which is a Joint Venture Company of National Thermal Power Corporation, Coal India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Fertilizer Corporation of India and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited.
Gorakhpur Plant manufacturing has been executed by M/s Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan & Toyo Engineering India Private Limited Consortium with Technology with licensors as KBR, USA (For Ammonia) and Toyo, Japan (For Urea).
The fully functional complex of AIIMS Gorakhpur has been built at a cost of over Rs 1,000 crore. The foundation stone for this complex was also laid by the PM on the same day, in July 2016.
It has been established under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna, through which institutes are being set up in order to correct regional imbalances in the availability of quality tertiary level healthcare. The facilities at AIIMS Gorakhpur include a 750-bed hospital, Medical college, Nursing college, AYUSH Building, residential accommodation for all staff, hostel accommodation for UG and PG students etc.
The PM further also inaugurated the new building of ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in the district. This new building with state-of-the-art facilities will open new horizons of research in areas of Communicable and Non-Communicable diseases as well as help in capacity building and provide support to other medical institutes of the region.
Prime Minister Modi has been inaugurating several projects in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections to be held in February 2022.
Addressing a rally after inaugurating three mega projects ahead of the assembly elections in the state, Modi said his government stopped misuse of urea, and issued soil health cards to farmers so that they know which type of fertiliser is needed.
The prime minister said his government also took steps to hike urea production by reviving closed fertiliser plants.
He said the amount of sugarcane dues paid by the Yogi Adityanath government in four and a half years is more than the total sum paid by the previous governments in the state in 10 years.
Modi was speaking at the rally after inaugurating three megaprojects, including an AIIMS and the fertiliser plant, in Gorakhpur.
Modi takes swipe at SP
Modi, speaking at a rally after the inaugural ceremony, equated the red caps worn by Samajwadi Party workers with “red beacons” that suggest a hunger for power, sounding a “red alert” against them in the state which chooses its next government early next year.
At the rally after the inauguration event, the PM also recalled fertiliser shortages in the past and slammed the previous state governments over “delays” in payment to farmers by sugar mills.
"Today, the entire UP knows very well that those wearing the red caps are concerned about the red beacon ('laal batti') and not bothered about your pain and sorrows," he said, apparently referring to the beacon atop cars carrying VIPs.
"The red-cap people want power to commit scams, fill their coffers, indulge in illegal grabbing (of resources) and give complete freedom to the mafia," he said.
"The red-cap people want to form the government to show favour to terrorists and to free them from jail. Hence, you should remember that those wearing red caps are a red alert for UP, in other words alarm bells."
Reacting to Modi's jibe, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said the red cap is a “red alert” for the BJP as it will oust the party from power.
(Wth agency inputs)
