Bhubaneswar: With the electrical infrastructure sustaining heavy damage during recurring natural calamities in Odisha, particularly cyclone, the government will set up calamity-resistant infrastructure in four districts i
n the first phase.
Reviewing the progress of the project here on Thursday, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy directed the departments concerned and power distribution companies to carry out the work on a war-footing basis.
He also told them to form a ‘Think Tank’ for management of technical, financial and legal aspects of the project.
Initially, the infrastructures will be set up in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore districts at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore. In the second phase, the project will be taken up in Puri, Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam and Gajapati districts at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore.