Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday launched 21 welfare projects in Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district. Attending a Mission Shakti programme, he inaugurated the projects worth Rs 45 crore for Rairangpur and Karanjia of the district. He also laid foundation-stones of 15 developmental projects to be carried out at an investment of Rs 960.34 crore.
Among the projects, he inaugurated two bridges built on Jaumara Nullah of Baripada-Bamanghati road under Bangiriposhi block and on Balijoda Nullah under Saraskana block, two 50-bed and 30-bed maternity and child care units at the Karanjia Subdivision Hospital and Thakurmunda Community Health Centre, respectively.
Patnaik laid foundation-stones of road widening and development of Bisoi-Rairangpur road on State Highway-50 under Bisoi block and Kalabadia-Bangiriposi road under Bangiriposi block, a high-level bridge on Similipal Nullah, development of Takurmunda-Dangadiha-Udala-Manitri-Baisinga-Rupsa road, a high-level bridge on Kantakhairi River on Mahadev Deuli-Khiching road under Sukruli block, two high-level bridges on Guria nullah and Katara River, three mega piped water supply projects in Rairangpur, Kusumi and Jashipur blocks, three high-level bridges on Bhandan River under Jashipur block, Gobarjoda nullah under Thakurmunda block and Budhabalang river under Bangiriposi block, minor irrigation project under Saraskana block and a high-level bridge on Khairi Bhandan River under Sukruli block.
The CM provided Rs 15,000 each to 7,453 Women Self-Help Groups, Rs 25 lakh each to 12 block-level organisations and Rs 3,000 each to 7,467 SHGs for digital empowerment.