Senior IFS officer K Murugesan has been assigned the charge of crucial assignment of CEO of the Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC).
Dr Murugesan is now serving as the Member-Secretary, Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB).
While the OMBADC was handled by IFS officer Uma Nanduri, she has been appointed as Joint Secretary, the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav Secretariat in the Union Ministry of Culture.
Dr Murugesan has been allowed to handle a Rs 19,000-crore kitty of the OMBADC. So far, the OMBADC has got Rs 19,537 crore including the interest accrued from the compensation money.
Against this fund, projects of worth Rs 14,990 crore were sanctioned for the mining districts.The OMBADC is spearheading various development projects in the mining zones; and Odisha has been in the forefront in such an initiative.
Recently, the Oversight Authority of OMBADC headed by Justice Anang K Patnaik expressed satisfaction over the quality and progress of the projects being implemented by the OMBADC.