Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister of State for MSME, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Pratap Sarangi conducted a review meeting on tourism development and restoration works going on in Fani-affected Puri on Saturday.
They discussed with district administration officers, bankers, hoteliers and rice millers soon after visiting the Shreemandir and seeking the blessings of the Trinity.
“While India is the second largest steel producing country in the world, Odisha is a steel hub in it. The Union Government with support of the State Government will make Odisha an ancillary steel hub and provide jobs to a large number of youths,”
Pradhan told reporters after the meeting.
Similarly, Sarangi said the Union Government would make all efforts to restore small and medium industries ravaged in the Cyclone Fani. More importance would be given on coir industries, said Sarangi.
Among others, Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi and Brahmagiri MLA Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, both of the BJP, were present.
