A meeting over this project was chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today and attended by members of the society constituted for running this centre.
This society is headed by industrialists Pankaj Munjal of Hero Cycles, Sandeep Minni Riat, S P Oswal, Upkar Singh, SC Ralhan, Avtar Singh and Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana.
During the meeting, Badal impressed upon the local industrialists to play a pro-active role in the promotion of skill training centres across the state with an objective to cater to local needs of industry by providing skilled manpower.
The Chief Minister said once the project took off, running expenses for managing the day-to-day affairs would be equally shared by the state government and corporation.
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Pankaj Munjal from Hero Cycles said the Centre would be ready by March 2015.
The Chief Minister said this multi skill centre would impart training to over 2,000 unemployed youth, including girls, particularly to encompass the major section of school and college dropouts who left studies midway due to economic hardships.
Munjal further said the total cost of the project would be around Rs 14.8 crore, out of which Rs 7.80 crore would be spent on the renovation of the building, Rs 5 crore on machines and equipment, Rs 2 crore on working capital.