The State Cabinet here on Thursday sanctioned $ 430 million (`2728 crore) under a World Bank project for improvement in higher education. The World Bank’s share will be 300 million dollars and the State’s share 130 million dollars.
At Indore, Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam will develop Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) on 254 acre land available for Diamond Park Project under PPP mode. In the core area of SEZ, industrial plots will be developed and in the non-core area, hotel, township conference hall, hospital, school, training centre and administrative building will be constructed. Private developers will make available basic amenities like road, water, power, streetlights, sewer network, plantation, CC TV cameras and parking facilities. Side by side development of industrial plot in the DTA, facilities of roads, parking, power, water etc. will also be developed.
The Cabinet decided to constitute State AYUSH Mission Society for implementation of National AYUSH Mission. Creation of 7 posts was sanctioned for programme implementation management committees for implementing works recommended by the society.
The Cabinet sanctioned creation of five new posts in ENT department of Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa. These include 3 posts of junior resident and one post each of audiometrist and speech therapist.
The Cabinet sanctioned over `422 crore for four irrigation projects, which would bring 13727 hectares under irrigation. A sum of `60.91 crore to ensure rabi irrigation in 1980 hectares in command area of River-Reservoir link Project from Harpura irrigation dam and filling water in 12 reservoirs, revised sanction of `97.59 crore for rabi irrigation in 1990 hectares from Mundla minor irrigation project in Rajgarh district, administrative sanction of `204.02 crore for additional irrigation in 7424 hectares under second phase of Gulab Sagar (Mahan) in Sidhi district and administrative sanction of `59.52 crore for rabi irrigation capacity of 2333 hectares were approved.
The Cabinet gave administrative sanction of `367.80 crore for 5 main district roads measuring 228.68 km under MDR Scheme. This includes `63.99 crore for 30.50 km long Sarangpur NH-3 to Sandawta road, `93.15 crore for 68.80 km long ABC canal road in Morena district, `57.44 crore for 40.60 km long Anuppur-Venkat Nagar road in Anuppur district, `88.85 crore for 56.60 km long Jaora to Sitamau road in Mandsaur district and `64.37 crore for 32.18 km long Ratlam-Khachrod road in Ratlam district.