Noting a 2-crore strong skilled workforce will be needed in the power sector by 2020, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday asked the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam to adopt polytechnics and ITIs and prepare a roadmap for turning the available manpower into a skilled workforce.
Laying foundation stones of a dam for 120 Mw Vyasi hydel project and resumption of 300 mw Lakhwad multi-purpose project in Joodo village, Rawat said local youths should be enabled to benefit from these projects.
He asked the UJVN MD to develop the state's ITIs and polytechnic institutes as centres of excellence and explore methods for turning the youths into a skilled workforce which could be absorbed in the power sector in the years to come.
"By doing this Uttarakhand can play a leading role in the Centre's skill India campaign," he said. UJVN MD GP Patel said Vyasi hydel project will be completed in 3 years and the Lakhwad project in five years.
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