The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved proposals for execution of mega piped water supply projects to benefit nearly 8.50 lakh people in four districts, Koraput, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur and Angul.
The proposals of Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department were cleared at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The piped water supply projects to provide safe drinking water would be executed with the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) funding benefitting 8,49,531 people of 1,395 villages under 10 blocks in the four districts.
By execution of the projects, 1,61,902 people of 167 villages under 31 gram panchayats of two blocks in Koraput district, 35,404 people of 129 villages under 15 GPs of two blocks in Rayagada district, 4,32,916 people of 544 villages under 85 GPs of 4 blocks in Jagatsinghpur district and 2,19,309 people of 555 villages under 47 GPs of two blocks in Angul district would get the benefit.
The Cabinet approved the tender of Hyderabad-based NCC Limited amounting to Rs 261.97 crore and Rs 356.68 crore for execution of the piped water supply projects in Koraput and Angul districts, respectively.
The projects in Rayagada and Jagatsinghpur districts would be carried out by the Standard Infratech India Pvt Ltd in joint venture with Hyderabad-based Surya International Enterprise Pvt Ltd at a cost of Rs 114.68 crore and Chennai-based Larsen & Toubro at a cost of Rs 431.10 crore.
All the projects would be completed within a period of 24 months.