Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has decided to set up a Skill Development Centre (SDC) involving an expenditure of Rs.11 crore and complete other infrastructure facilities with an additional Rs.5 crore including primary health centres, at Nagaram village in Mamidikuduru mandal soon.
“We are going to open the centre to ensure continual developmental support. Land identification and acquisition is in progress. However, GAIL plans to start the skill development activities at the existing Boi-Bhimanna building in Nagaram for the benefit of people of the area,” said M.V. Iyer, Director, GAIL.
He said the trained youth would be absorbed in MNCs as engineers, technicians and as support staff.
Developmental activitiesGAIL is also planning to take up other developmental activities such as upgrading facilities at the primary health centres in Nagaram and Razole. An amount of Rs. 50 lakh had already been sanctioned and based on the requirement from locals, water filter beds have also been agreed for the area, Mr. Iyer added.
He stated that as part of a larger vision, GAIL intends to construct over 300 toilets involving an expenditure of Rs. 11 crore in the entire district including Nagaram. He said this was not linked under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities but as a special package for Nagaram.
He said the package included improvement of agriculture office and construction work in schools among others.
