The Ganjam District Planning Committee on Thursday approved a plan outlay of nearly Rs1,100 crore for taking up various developmental projects in the district.
The committee approved various plan proposals at a meeting held under chairmanship of District Planning Officer Alekh Chandra Sethy. Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat, Forest and Environment Minister
Bikram Keshari Arukh, Higher Education Minister Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, Zilla Parishan president Surath Chandra Pradhan, district Collector Prem Chandra Choudhary and MlAs Ramesh Chandra Chaupatnaik, Debaraj Mohanty, Srikant Sahu and Dr Priyanshu Pradhan were present.
Approved proposals include Rs90 cr for agriculture, Rs124 crore for rural development, Rs73 crore for Special Area Development Rs271 crore for irrigation, and Rs55 crore for Energy, Rs94 crore for industrial development, Rs58 crore for Science and IT sector, Rs418 crore for communication, Rs30 crore for canal embankment repairing and Rs77 crore for social sector.