Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Baripada on January 5. In his second visit to the State in less than two weeks, Modi will preside over the inaugural function for a basket of projects by the Central Government in Odisha worth more than Rs 4,500 crore.
The PM will lay foundation stone of the highway projects in Odisha for 4 laning of 43.2 km of Rimuli-Koida section of NH-215 at a project cost of Rs 828.36 crore, 4 laning of 104.2 km of Singara-Binjabahal section of NH-6 at a project cost of Rs 1,313 crore, 4 laning of 53.2 km of Koida-Rajmunda Section of NH-215 at a project cost of Rs 1,176.4 crore.
He will dedicate the 513 km Baleswar-Haldia-Durgapur section, being built at a cost of Rs1,080 crore, which is a part of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline laid by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited in Eastern India.
Modi will also flag off 2nd passenger train from Tatanagar to Badampahar, dedicate doubling of Naranpur-Basantpur and Chillikidara-Sagadapata Line, the Multi modal Logistics Park (MMLP), Baleswar, inaugurate conservation and development works for Rasikaray Temple and excavated structure at the ancient fort Haripurgarh.
Besides, the PM will inaugurate new Passport Seva Kendras at Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jajpur, Aska, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal A Press meet held on Thursday in Bhubaneswar by the concerned ministries was addressed by ED, SERPL, Indian Oil PC Choubey, CGM, IndianOil and SLC, Odisha Pritish Bharat, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Bhubaneswar Circle Arun Malik, Chief PRO, East Coast Railway JP Mishra, GM, NHAI Aditya Kumar Ray, Regional Passport Officer, Bhubaneswar Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra and Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, IOCL, Odisha Srinivash Patra.