Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 900 crore during his day visit to Rourkela on Friday.
According to sources, the CM will inaugurate Birsa Munda multi-purpose stadium and the adjacent multi-level car parking, which has been constructed by the Rourkela Smart City Ltd at a cost of around Rs 138 crore.
He will also inaugurate and lay foundations of around 600 projects in the Sundargarh district.
Naveen will then attend the inaugural ceremony of FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium (BMHS). He will felicitate Hockey India officials and receive the Guinness Book of Records certificate for BMHS as the world’s largest-seated hockey stadium.
After a night halt at the Hockey World Cup Village on the BMHS complex, he will fly back to Bhubaneswar at 10.40 am on Saturday.
Rourkela is hosting all six matches, where three teams will play each other twice. India will clash with Germany in the first match on March 10 while the latter will play Australia on March 11. India and Australia will go head-to-head on March 12 and on March 13, Germany and India will lock horns for the second time. The World Champions will then take on Australia on March 14. The final match in Rourkela will be played on March 15, with India taking on Australia for the second time, according to Hockey India.
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