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BORDUMSA: The employment oriented skill development training' (EOT) has been launched in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The three-day programme aimed at promoting the local unemployed youths, school dropouts, and also the semi-skilled workers already engaged with the NHIDCL (National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited ) contractors.
The training module was inaugurated by the Deputy Commissioner of Longding Bani Lego at the Community Hall, New Circuit House in Longding in the presence of SDPO R. Khumang, NHIDCL General Manager (HR) Tirtha Roy, NHIDCL General Manager-Land Acquisitions (LA) Pranjal Borgohain, Construction In-Charge Montecarlo Ltd Tomin Nopi, trainers and the aspiring participants.
The training module which has been organized by NHIDCL Project Management Unit Namsai would be conducted by a team of efficient trainers belonging to the 'Construction Industry Development Council' (CIDC) which has entered into an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the NHIDCL to impart Skill Development training among the local unemployed and semi-skilled youths.
"The EOT programme would be imparted among 30 trainees — local youth for three months while the on-job training (OJT) for the semi-skilled workers of the contactors would be conducted in two batches comprising 30 workers each for 15 days period," informed the General Manager (HR) NHIDCL Tirtha Roy while interacting with The Sentinel on Friday evening.
"The NHIDCL will be providing a stipend of Rs. 5000 to each of the trainees. As much as 80% of the training session is practical oriented," added Roy.
A similar programme was earlier conducted by the NHIDCL at Hayuliang in remote Anjaw district — a hilly terrain located along the Indo-Chinese border.
The programme generated tremendous enthusiasm among the youths of far-flung areas of the district.
Meanwhile, DC Longding Bani Lego during his address encouraged the trainees to participate wholeheartedly and gather as much knowledge from the CIDC trainers as possible. He thanked NHIDCL for taking the initiative in such remote areas.
It may be added that the NHIDCL is an organization under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. It is mandated to develop roads and infrastructure in the remote parts of the country including the north-eastern States of India.
The CIDC was set up jointly by the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) and the Construction industry as an umbrella organization. It is mandated to conduct training at various level by organizing workshops and seminars, publishing journals, newsletters and undertake various welfare activities for the construction workers.
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