8 New Projects Sanctioned For OMBADC Districts In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The state government has sanctioned eight new projects for Odisha Mineral Bearing Area Development Corporation (OMBADC) districts.

Chief secretary Asit Tripathy approved the projects at the Board of Directors meeting held on virtual mode on Wednesday. He directed the principal secretaries and secretaries of the departments concerned to work out a weekly monitoring plan for expeditious and qualitative implementation of the projects  and complete those before the scheduled time.

Chief Executive Officer of OMBADC Uma Nanduri outlined the project proposals for discussion.

The following projects were approved at the meeting:

• Upgradation of health service facilities in health sub-centres, primary health centres, community health centres and sub-divisional headquarters hospital in two blocks of Mayurbhanj district with an estimated cost of around Rs 47.25 crore
• Upgradation of library, laboratory and teaching-learning infrastructure in engineering college at Keonjhar at estimated cost of Rs 34 crore
• Opening of centres of excellence in government ITIs and polytechniques of six districts with Rs 123.45 crore
• Broadband connectivity to hospitals and schools in OMBADC districts at a cost of Rs 3 crore
• Improvement of milk procurement facilities in Jajpur district with 20.48 crore
• Development of four mega mother nurseries in  Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh and Jajpur at Rs 11.71 crore
• Skill development certificate course for tribal youths in panchakarma and naturopathy at Rs 0.16 crore
• Sex sorted semen for genetic improvement of cattle at Rs 16.93 crore.

Earlier projects worth Rs 13,233.25 crores were sanctioned for OMBADC districts in various sectors like pipe water supply, heath services, education, skill development, integrated child services, agriculture and allied activities.