Madurai, July 13 (KNN) A month-long skill development training program for ITI tradesman and diploma-holders from Radhapuram Assembly constituency is underway in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.The aim of this training is to help tradesman and diploma holders get employment in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP).

The skill training was inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu and Minister for Labour Welfare C.V. Ganesan on Tuesday.

Under this program, the trainees will be skilled on high-tech welding methods, checking its quality with hi-tech radiological devices and other technicalities involved in construction and maintenance of nuclear reactor by experts from the KKNPP.

While addressing the inaugural ceremony, Appavu said, “Since these unemployed youth will be equipped with the skills required for construction and maintenance of nuclear power stations, the probability of them getting recruited by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is high. We’ll ensure that the educationally qualified local well-trained youth are getting recruited in the KKNPP.”

Appavu urged KKNPP administration to build groynes in all coastal villages near the facility with the intact budget of Rs 700 crore to protect the villages from high tides and fund the ‘Lift Irrigation Project.’

Director of Employment and Training K. Veeraraghava Rao, Collector V. Vishnu, KKNPP Site Director Premkumar and Tirunelveli MP S. Gnanathiraviam were present at the ceremony.  (KNN Bureau)