Jamshedpur, June 21 (PTI) Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay today said Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was "preparing to shift" its proposed 1200 MW power plant in Jharkhand to West Bengal because of "lackadaisical approach" of Arjun Munda-led Jharkhand government to allot land. Sahay claimed at a press conference here that the DVC's proposed plant was to be set up at Jhumir Tilaya in Koderma district but the Central public sector undertaking was now preparing to shift the project to West Bengal as no initiative was taken by the Jharkhand government as yet. Highlighting the "pathetic" state-of-affair of the Jharkhand government, the Union Tourism minister alleged that the Arjun Munda government could not even allot five acres of land to DVC to shift its headquarters to Ranchi from Kolkata. The Jharkhand government which was functioning from the premises of another CPSU Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) did not repay Rs 150 crore to HEC for using its premises, Sahay claimed. Similarly, there was no progress to the ambitious mega food park, which he himself approved while as Union Food Processing minister three years ago. He also alleged that the Jharkhand government has failed to allot land for the proposed Indian Institute of Management (Ranchi) and the Maulana Azad Open University.
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