Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal reviewed implementation of State and Central projects in the district here on Saturday.
Prof Lal ordered the Collector to ensure completion of all projects, which are still unfinished, before the dates of upcoming elections are announced.
The top officials of line departments, besides Principal Secretary to Governor Madhusudan Padhi and Puri Collector Jyotiprakash were present. Expressing a great concern over infant death, Prof Lal heeded on health and nutrition of mother and child while reviewing health, drinking water and sanitation schemes being implemented in Puri. He advised the officials to minimize the death rates through proper care, treatment and nutrient foods.
Instructions were given to officials to ensure drinking water and toilet to all the schools and speedy augmentation of piped water supply to all villages. Officials placed their report cards with RWSS setting a total of 260,110 domestic toilets in the district with Puri municipality declared as outer defecation-free zone. Early completion of mega-water projects was stressed.
Lal attended the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Jageswari Vidyapitha at Algum near Satyabadi.