Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation-stone for a permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Brahmapur and six-laning of Puintala-Tangi stretch of National Highway 16, together worth Rs 2,344 crore, in Ganjam district through a videoconferencing from the IIT Bhubaneswar on Monday.
The stone laying ceremony for IISER campus was shown live to public at the campus site at Laudigaon under Rangeilunda block in the district. IISER Brahmapur Director Prof KVR Chara and Senior Advisor of the Ministry of Human Resources Development VL VSS Suba Rao were present. BJP workers led by party’s State secretary Bibhuti Jena, ZP member Binod Chandra Mishra, Rajesh Mishra and Subhasish Sahu attended the programme.
The construction work of the campus, for which Rs 1583 crore has been allocated, would begin in April and end in two-and-a-half-year. It is targeted that teaching would in the permanent campus begin from 2021 academic session.
The IISER Brahmapur has been operating in the Government IIT campus here since 2016-17 academic session.
Similarly, the six-laning work of the Puintal-Tangi NH will be completed by December 2020 at a project cost of Rs 761 crore. A live-show program was held at the Salt ground at Huma. BJP Ganjam district president Kahnu Charan Pati vice-president Sunil Sahu, DK Reddy, Prasant Naya, Dharani Dhar Behera, Huma Mandal president Kirtan Dash, Ganjam NAC president Kantari Dalai were present.