Union Minister for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar, who is scheduled to visit Odisha on Friday to oversee the election of BJP legislature Party leader, would discuss with State officials various issues, including the bottlenecks holding up environment and forest clearances to industrial projects in the State.
According to Government sources, Javadekar would discuss the problems in getting clearances for projects with forest and environment officials here.
Javadekar, who is also the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, would also hold talks with the State’s I&PR officials.
In the afternoon, the BJP leader, who has been appointed as observer for the election of the party leader in the Assembly, would oversee the election at the party office.
There are speculations that either Dilip Ray or Basant Panda may be elected as the BJPlP leader with Ray as the frontrunner for the post.