Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday laid foundation-stone for a cancer care hospital here besides launching a slew of projects worth Rs 618.66 crore in the district.
The hospital would be constructed at a cost of Rs 145 crore, official sources said.
The CM inaugurated six lift irrigation projects in Jharsuguda and Lakhanpur blocks built at a cost of Rs 32 lakh. He also inaugurated two grid stations in Jharsuguda and Kirimira blocks worth Rs 13 crore.
Patnaik laid foundation-stones for four mega water supply projects in Jharsuguda Sadar, Kolabira, Kirmira and Laikera blocks costing Rs 388 crore; railway over bridge at Choukipada at an estimated cost of Rs 35.62 crore; Nidan Kendra at Jharsuguda worth Rs 15 crore and irrigation project at Amati to be built at a cost of Rs 18.22 crore.
He also distributed Rs one-crore digital empowerment incentive among 3,489 women Self-Help Groups (SHGs), social security benefits to 30 beneficiaries, assistance to 1,422 Nirman Shramiks and land pattas to 1,002 landless persons.