The International Financial Corporation (IFC) on Friday emphasised on taking up small projects on public-private partnership (PPP) mode in the State.
The IFC, a corporate body of the World Bank, said this at a meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra at the Secretariat. Special Secretary PPP projects Pradeep Kumar Jena was present.
Mohapatra wanted that focus should be given on health network, solid waste management, rice storage projects and solar projects.
It was revealed at the meeting that the partnership between the State Government and the IFC, which began in September 2011, has so far taken up Brahmapur solid waste management, Bhubaneswar street lighting, Bhubaneswar affordable housing, rooftop solar projects in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, rice storage projects, Puri solid waste management project and Bhubaneswar convention center projects.
Under the Bhubaneswar health network project, a 300-bed greenfield multi-tertiary hospital is underway in Gadakana Mouza. Besides, a 100-bed hospital at Kaliprasad, a 30-bed hospital each at Bramheswarpatana, Rasulgarh and Gadakana and a 10-bed hospital at Bharatpur will come up at a total investment of Rs 188 crore under the project. The tendering process for these projects is likely to be completed within a month, an official release said.
The release also informed that the rice storage projects will be set up at 61 locations at an estimate cost of Rs 120 crore. Similarly, an affordable housing project worth Rs 300 crore will come up at Gothapatna and Rs 90-crore 9 mw-capacity rooftop solar power projects will be taken up in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.