The Engineers India limited (EIl) will provide end to end support for design, development, implementation and integrated management of the projects like water supply, sewerage and storm water drainage urban transport in nine AMRUT towns of Odisha.
A MoU was signed between the State Housing and Urban Development Department and the EIl, which is a Navaratna company under the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, in the presence of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Monday.
Henceforth, the EIl will function as Project Development and Management Consultant (PMDC) for the Odisha Government.
As per available information, nine cities namely Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Brahmapur, Sambalpur, Puri, Bhadrak, Rourkela, Baleswar and Baripada have been included under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transmission (AMRUT) Mission. The objective of the mission is to rejuvenate and transform these towns with enhanced and qualitative basic urban services. For the year 2015-16, the Centre has approved the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) worth around Rs 461 crore to be utilized in 85 projects in the cities. The SAAP for subsequent years will be prepared with the help of PMDC. The period of MoU is 48 months.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary G Mathivathanan , Special Secretary Sisir Kumar Ratho, CMD EIl Sanjaya Gupta along with senior officials were present.