A State Disaster Management Institute would be established at Gothapatna on the outskirts of the city soon.
The proposed institution wild come up at an estimated cost of Rs 49 crore for which a design has been finalised through a national level design competition.
This was revealed at a review meeting of the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat on Wednesday. Padhi directed the concerned authority to begin the construction of the project.
Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) MD Pradipta Kumar Mohapara said the recovery project undertaken in four blocks in Ganjam and two blocks in Khordha district in the year 2014 would be completed before scheduled year, 2019.
Out of 16,571 beneficiaries included in the project, 16,303 have already got disaster-proof houses and the rest would get such houses by December-end this year, said project nodal officer Subhendu Kumar Nayak.
Out of Rs 841 crore estimated for the project, Rs 615 crore is availed and, of this, Rs 550 crore has been spent, he said.
Padhi directed to connect electricity and drinking water supply system to all houses.
The progress of the National Cyclone Risky Management Project was also reviewed on the occasion.
The Chief Secretary directed to complete construction of all cyclone shelters, connecting roads and saline embankments by November this year.
Among others, Development Commissioner R Balkrishnan, Forests and Environment ACS Suresh Chandra Mohapatra and Revenue, Disaster Management ACS Dr Chandrasekhar Kumar, Finance Principal Secretary Tuhin Kant Padhi and Specail Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi were present.