UP to revive defunct cold storages

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet today decided to revive defunct cold storages by settling debt on those.

On December 21, 2011, the Cabinet, during the earlier Mayawati regime, decided to sell the cold storages for retiring the loan given by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), New Delhi.

The Cabinet today overturned the decision and approved the proposal to clear dues of over Rs 47 crore.

While, 50 per cent of the required funds would be provided under the budget, the rest would be marshalled through land resources available with these cooperative units.

Water link to power plant
The Cabinet decided to provide water linkage to the 1,980 Mw thermal power plant in Lalitpur district being set up by Bajaj Hindusthan.

It approved the plan for the beautification and up-gradation of infrastructure of the area around Taj Mahal to boost tourism and provide amenities.

Another proposal for setting up of an international airport in Agra got a boost with the cabinet approving the plan for selecting a site and its implementation.

The government would also provide 5 acres of land on 99 years lease for setting up an Institute of Hotel Management at Jagdishpur in Amethi district.

The cabinet has approved the blueprint for attracting private investment in higher medical education through an incentive scheme. The poor people in the state would also now get free treatment for serious diseases of heart, kidney, liver and cancer in government hospitals.

A dairy plant would be set up in Azamgarh district, for which the government would provide land for free to the dairy development department.