Govt body to monitor auto R&D centres

NATRiPs proposed project in Uttar Pradeshs Rai Bareilly,had hit a wall due to problems of land acquisition. It was suggested that SAIL which acquired 740 acres at Jagdishpur,Amethi,when it took over sick Malvika Steel would give 100 acres to NATRiP for its centre. However,there has not been much headway.

We will get 100 acres from the ITI (the countrys first PSU in the field of telecommunications) to set up a centre for accident data analysis. We are still hopeful to get the land from SAIL on which NATRiP will set up a performance test centre for agricultural tractors and off-road vehicles, Sharma said. The joint secretary said the centre to be set up on ITI land should be functional by the year-end.