President Murmu lays foundation stone of Skill Training Hub at her native village
Last Updated on May 4, 2023, 5:24 pm by News Desk
Bhubaneswar, May 4: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday laid the foundation stone for L&T Skill Training Hub at her native village Pahadpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
The event was attended among others by Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal,
L&T has partnered with SLS Trust to establish the Skill Training Hub on five acres of land for providing underprivileged youth from the region training in construction skills, and in turn, make them self-reliant.
The Skill Training Hub will encompass an administrative-cum-institute building, multipurpose hall, e-learning hall, digital training room, separate hostels of 120 each for boys and girls, dining halls, four practice yards for masonry, bar bending, plumbing and scaffolding trades, and a dedicated workshop for practicing pipe welding.
As per the provisions of an MoU signed with SLS Trust, L&T will establish and run the Skill Training Hub for five years, and after this it will be taken over by SLS Trust. The handing over process will start in the fourth year.
Training programes at the Skill Training Hub will focus on masonry, bar bending, scaffolding, plumbing, pipe welding, and digital skills.
Funded by L&T under its CSR initiatives, the project will cost around Rs 15 crore, which includes the operational expenses for four years.
SOURCE: UNI
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