Stormy relief

During his visit to Raipur last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to inaugurate the International Institute of Information Technology built by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative. Somehow, the invitation and the commemorative plaque at the site failed to mention NTPC, which spent Rs 150 crore on the project. NTPC officials were at their wits' end, as the state authorities were in no mood to make any correction. However, the storm that lashed the region on Friday evening brought the podium built for the PM's programme crashing down, forcing the organisers to call off the programme.