Two major projects of the Brahmapur Development Authority, namely Brahmapur North City and Eco Retreat Hub at Gopalpur, got in-principle approval at the State level Empowered Committee’s meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday.
The projects were proposed to be implemented through the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP)-Infrastructure Development Fund CIDF scheme.
The Brahmapur North City project has been proposed to be developed over an area of 101 acres at Sitalapalli Mouza of Konisi teahsil. The estimated cost for initial development of physical infrastructure and public amenities is around `113 crore.
The Eco Retreat Hub project at Gopalpur is to be developed over 47 acres of land at Udayapur and Venkatraipur Mouzas under same tehsil at an estimated cost of Rs 40 crore for development of physical infrastructure and the beach front of the Bay of Bengal.
Padhi directed the H&UD Department to guide other major UlBs to be included under the AMRUT Yojana to have similar projects.
It may be pertinent to mention here that major towns like Baleswar, Baripada, Bhadrak, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Rourkela and Sambalpur have been included under the AMRUT Yojana.
The Housing & Urban Development Department has taken up various water supply, sewerage, drainage, urban transport and green park projects in these towns.