A Standing Committee of Odisha Assembly on Tuesday visited Jagatsinghpur and held a review meeting with the district officials.
Panel head MLA Arbind Dhali and member Legislator Satya Narayan Pradhan held meeting with officials from several departments such as Civil Supplies, Cooperative, Handloom, Textiles and Handicrafts , where Collector SK Mohapatra was present.
The panel visited handicraft village (Bayana Gra]ma) at Jaipur under Raghunathpur block. The district Collector informed the panel that Rs 49 lakh had been spent on the Bayana Grama towards giving financial assistance to the weavers , infrastructure development , skill development and marketing of products.
He told that a target to disburse Rs 235 crore loan had been set in Jagatsinghpur district and the achievement was 90 percent.