Beni laid foundation of mega projects with no land for them

Union steel Minister and local MP Beni Prasad Verma had laid foundation stones of four mega projects in his constituency without availability of land for them.
According to information got through RTI by local journalist Janki Sharan Dwivedi, Verma had laid the foundation of Steel Authority of India's (SAIL) colour coated steel processing unit in Paraspur in June last year and Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited's (RINL) steel processing unit in Koili forest in September last.
Last month, he laid the foundation of NMDC power limited and IDCL's 500 MW power project in Turkadeeha and this month for a branch of Amity University in Soni Harlal village.

Though the foundation of these projects were laid by the minister, no land was available with the department concerned, official sources said here.
According to RTI information, Rs 16 lakh was spent on newspaper advertisements and Rs six lakh for organising the foundation laying function in the programme at Parsapur.
Almost similar amount of money was spent on other three programmes by the local MP.