Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday laid foundation stones for Tata Steel-funded 100-bed super speciality eye care hospital and an ITI by NTPC at Hinjili. “It will be a world class ITI and every year, around 200 skilled students will pass from this institute,” Patnaik said at a public meeting at Sheragada.
The proposed ITI will be constructed at a cost of Rs 7.72 crore. It will have civil work for workshop, academic building, a hostel building as well as plant and machineries. It would also have advanced vocational training facilities in manufacturing, automobile, electricals and others to cater the high-end finishing skill training. The eye hospital to be built on 4.5 acres of land, would run by Tamil Nadu-based Sankara Eye Hospital and offer modern eye care services to the people of Ganjam and nearby districts.
Patnaik handed over a cheque of Rs 6.7 crore to Sankara Eye Hospital authorities, as a part of the grant of Tata Steel for construction of the hospital. Tata Steel is also setting up a 500-bed multispecialty hospitals at Sitalapali near Gopalpur. Patnaik also laid the foundation stones for eight different projects for Brahmapur University, including its satellite campus at Rayagada and first cluster university at Brahmapur. The university would celebrate golden jubilee next year and the Government has sanctioned Rs 23 crore for the first phase work.
