Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lay foundation of and inaugurate a slew of projects together worth Rs 14,523 crore during his visit to the State on December 24, informed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at a Press meet in New Delhi on Thursday.
Pradhan said the PM would dedicate the IIT Bhubaneswar campus to pubic and address a public meeting.
The proposed projects for which foundation stone would be laid include permanent campus Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) at Brahmapur, the Paradip-Hyderabad Pipeline under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project, four-laning of the National Highway-16, four-laning of Cuttack-Angul road, expansion of the ESI Hospital to a 100-bed health facility. The foundation stone would be laid through a videoconferencing by the Prime Minister from the IIT campus, said Pradhan.
Besides, the Prime Minister would release commemorative coin and Postage stamp on the completion of the 200th year of the Paika Revolt during his visit. This apart, he would inaugurate the Paika Report Chari at the Utkal University, for which the Union Ministry of Culture would create a corpus fund of Rs 5 crore, he said.
All the project are meant to bring development in economy, culture, tourism and eduction systems and employment sector, said Pradhan.