The 12th District Planning Committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Health Minister Dr Damador Rout here on Friday.
District Collector Yamini Sarangi presided over the meeting while Jharigam MlA and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, SP Brajesh Kumar Rai, Zilla Parisad president Motiram Nayak, MlAs Bhujabala Majhi, Manohar Randhari, Subash Gond, Municipality chairman Prahalad Tripathy, ZP vice-chairperson Nibadita Mohanty and members attended.
It was revealed that as per the modalities of the Biju KBK programme, an amount of Rs 750 lakh from the total budgetary allocation of Rs 1,500 lakh has been received by the district administration for utlisation in road, power and water sector. The District Collector placed the estimates prepared for 273 project works, including 154 projects for road connectivity at an estimated cost of Rs 687 lakh, 33 projects for irrigation at Rs 437 lakh, 43 projects in electricity at Rs 136 lakh, 22 livelihood projects at Rs 131 lakh, seven health projects, six education projects, eight projects for women and child development and 21 other projects for approval in the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, the Health Minister suggested preparation of a master plan for road connectivity in the district so that all villages get good communication facility. Five specialists for district headquarters hospital, besides one each for medicals at Chandahandi, Tentulikhunti, and Jharigam have already been posted and the 108 ambulance service will soon be extended to Nabarangpur, Dr Rout added.