Chief Secy Sets Timeline For OMBADC Projects

Bhubaneswar: Setting a timeline for different projects under Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) being implemented through various departments, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Monday asked the authorities concerned to fast track the work.

At a high-level meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan,  Chief Executive Officer of OMBADC Uma Nanduri outlined the issues for discussion.

Tripathy directed administrative departments concerned to ensure quality monitoring of the projects through third party supervision, undertake micro-level monitoring and management through independent technical professionals.

Target was set to complete infrastructure building civil work projects for by first quarter of 2021.

Nanduri placed the financial and administrative details of health, skill development, technical education, infrastructure development, primary and secondary education projects for review.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Pardeepta Kumar Mohapatra said five category of projects like up-gradation of health infrastructure, improving access to health services, improvement in emergency care services, telemedicine care project in health institutions and special public health programmes are being implemented in Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts.

A 150-bed maternal and child care hospital building in Jajpur is is also being set up.

Secretary Skill Development and Technical Education Sanjay Kumar Singh,
Principal Secretary School & Mass Education Satyabrta Sahu and Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mohapatra also spoke.

The Chief Secretary directed the departments to constitute a technical committee for expediting the projects at ground level.