Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched over 1,500 projects under various welfare programmes in Angul district on Thursday.
Attending a public meeting at the Angul Stadium, he announced to provide total Rs 242 crore loans under the Mission Shakti programme benefitting more than 75,000 women in the district.
The CM inaugurated and laid foundation-stones of total 1,541 projects worth Rs 1,805 crore.
He said, “Angul district is leading in the field of industries for which Rs 800 crore will be invested. The State Cabinet has approved a proposal of Rs 350 crore for supplying drinking water to 48 gram panchayats in the district. The Government will set up two mega drinking water projects at cost of Rs 358 crore in Angul and Banarpal blocks benefitting total 2,36,000 people (1.66 lakh in Angul and 70,000 in Banarpal). Both the projects will be completed within two years.”
Besides, the Government is considering to provide Rs 50,000-crore loans to women under Mission Shakti during next five years.
Assembly Deputy Speaker Rajani Kant Singh and Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahoo also spoke at the event.