Around 2,000 families of Jharsuguda district displaced due to the Hirakud Dam project would be provided with homestead land, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the occasion of distribution of smart health cards under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) in the district on Monday.
More than 1.15 lakh people of the district would be benefitted with the smart health cards.
The CM also launched projects worth Rs 297 crore in the district, including the inauguration of projects worth Rs 144 crore and laying of foundation-stone of projects worth Rs 153 crore.
Two water treatment plants for Jharsuguda and Brajrajnagar were also inaugurated.
Implementation of the drinking water project worth Rs 618 crore would provide safe drinking water to all the villages and towns in Jharsuguda district.
Piped water would be provided to 1.22 lakh families in the district by June 2022, said Patnaik.
Construction of a 100-bed heart care hospital at Jharsuguda at an expenditure of Rs 102 crore is nearing completion and it would provide better treatment to the people, the CM said.