The Government would construct a nine storied building for official purposes at a centrally located place in the State capital.
It will be situated in front of the Nirman Soudha over a built-up area of 30,100 sqm and an estimated Rs 123 crore would be spent for it. The high rise would be completed within next two years.
According to official sources, the building project was finalised at a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. The proposed building would house various State Government departments to accommodate as many as 2,300 employees. The building would have seminar hall in each floor with sitting capacity for 50 persons. Besides, there would be one big size conference hall having sitting capacity of 100 persons on the top floor. As per the design, the ground floor would be used for parking of vehicles and the building would have all the modern features with facility to conserve electricity and fire proof.