The State Government has approved five new projects for five Municipal Corporations under the Odisha Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (OUIDF).
The projects were approved at an OUIDF Trust Board meeting held at the State Secretariat here under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Friday. Padhi directed officials to expedite the earlier- approved projects by the deadlines.
OUIDF Chief Executive Officer Sisir Kumar Ratho, who is also the Special Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Department, outlined the issues for discussions at the meeting.
Ratho told reporters that the Government has approved a total 17 projects under the OUIDF for infrastructure development in various urban areas in the past 17 years till 2016-17 FY.
A total Rs 385.62 crore, including Rs 236.34 crore as loan and Rs 194.28 crore as financial assistance, has been allocated from the OUIDF for these projects, he said.
On Friday, five lED road electrifications projects proposed by five Municipal Corporations were approved for which around Rs 24 crore loan and financial assistance would be provided to the Municipal Corporations, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Brahmapur, Rourkela and Sambalpur.
Padhi reviewed the progress of the projects approved earlier. The projects include the drainage systems in Sambalpur and Rourkela, water supply system in Gopalpur NAC, water supply system to NISER, IIT, Jatni and Khurda town, water supply and pond renovation projects in Brahmapur and solid waste management projects in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
The projects also include Bhubaneswar pond renovation, modernised fish market and pond renovation in Sambalpur, non-vegetarian market at Ghatikia area of Bhubaneswar, 56 vending zone in Cuttack, market complex construction in Patrapada of Sundargarh and market complex construction in Udala Ganesh Bazar.