Housing and Urban Development Minister Puspendra Singh Deo on Tuesday reviewed the progress of ongoing sewerage system in Bhubaneswar and the Japan International Coordination Agency (JICA) project in Cuttack. It was revealed at the meeting that a total of Rs754.23 crore been allotted to the Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board (OWSSB) to carry out sewerage projects in Bhubaneswar which has been divided into six sewerage districts.
Out of the total 312.20-km sewerage line, pipeline work in 154.50-km has already been completed while 67km house sewerage line has been done out of the total 810.09 km. Similarly, renovation work of the existing 385 sewerage line in Bhubaneswar has already been completed.The Minister directed the concerned authorities to ensure completion of the sewerage work in Puri by June next year.The meeting further revealed that while the Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board is working in districts and areas like Sambalpur, Rourkela, Brahmapur, Jeypore, Cuttack town, Phulbani, Koraput, Rayagada, Bhawanipatna and Jharsuguda, land acquisition work is in progress only in Sambalpur and Rourkela. It was also revealed that under the JICA project 78 per cent in RCC pipe supply work, 80 per cent in manhole chamber and 72 per cent in sewerage connection chamber has been achieved. A total of Rs311.14 crore would be spent in JICA project in Cuttack which is scheduled to be completed in 2016.