PM to lay foundation of NTPC power plant in Telangana soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would soon visit Telangana for the foundation laying ceremony of a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) power plant, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said here today. The NDA government has provided power to the state, which was facing severe shortage of electricity and also allocated funds to the tune of thousands of crores, the Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Labour, said. He was speaking at a BJP meeting organised here on the occasion of the NDA government completing two years in office. Dattatreya, who dwelt on the development and welfare initiatives of the NDA government, said the Prime Minister is also keen on the Hyderabad Metro rail project and its timely completion. Noting that BJP should emerge as the alternative to ruling TRS in Telangana for the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections, he said party chief Amit Shah would guide the partymen during his visit to Hyderabad on May 29. Stressing that employment generation is a top priority area for the NDA government, the Union Labour Minister said one crore jobs will be created over the next two years. He said the Narendra Modi government has become synonymous with corruption-free governance and development, adding that it has demonstrated 'sab ka sath-sab ka vikas' in action. There have been no communal clashes and the minorities have increasingly become a part of national mainstream, he claimed. Telangana BJP president and MLC K Laxman, BJP MLA NVSS Prabhakar and party MLC N Ramachandra Rao and several other party leaders attended the meeting.