Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Wednesday began a year-wise review of the departments, and on the first day took stock of performance of the Works Department.
The Chief Secretary reviewed the progress of Gurupriya bridge in the cutoff Chitrakonda area in Malkangiri district, construction of Trisulia bridge on river Mahanadi in Cuttack and five medical colleges in the State.
“Construction of the Gurupriya bridge in the cut-off areas of Chitrakonda has been completed 67 per cent till now and work on the bridge is targeted to be completed by June this year,” Padhi told reporters after the meeting.
Providing an update on the construction of five medical colleges in Baleswar, Baripada, Balangir and Koraput, the Chief Secretary said the Works Department is targeting to complete these four colleges by the end of this year.
The Chief Secretary informed that the department has satisfactorily completed all the required works as compared to 2015. Padhi also reviewed the Biju Expressway project along with the land acquisition pertaining to various road projects.
“As compared to last year, the expenditure of the department is quite high this year. We hope to achieve all the targets of the department by March. We also reviewed the construction of Gurupriya and Mahanadi Trisulia bridges. There are five medical colleges under construction across the state. Almost all the projects are on schedule. We also discussed on ways to address the slippages,” said Padhi. Works Secretary Nalini Kanta Pradhan among many other senior Government officials were present.