NTPC to set up medical college & hospital in Odisha

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed an MoU with the Odisha government for setting up a medical college and hospital in Sundergarh district at an investment of Rs 350 crore.

The state government is likely to provide 20 acres of land at Sundergarh town free of cost for the purpose. The project is likely to be completed by 2016-17. The medical college will have 100 MBBS seats as per the norms prescribed by the Medical Council of India and the hospital will have 400-beddded one.

Three medical college-cum-hospitals are already in the process of being set up in the tribal-dominated districts of Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Talcher (Angul), and at Sundergarh.

NTPC to start work on Darlipalli project from 2013

NTPC is planning to start construction work on super thermal power plant at Darlipalli in Sundergarh district of Orissa from January 2013.

Work on 1600 MW (2×800) coal based power plant will commence on soon after getting possession of land from the state government that is expected by December 2012. The plant requires 1,652 acre. The state government will get 50 per cent power from super thermal power plant. The project will be commissioned within four years after work starts on it.