aking forward the State’s vision of creating inclusive cities and enhancing the liveability of all sections across urban Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has recently approved an action plan for each ward under the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan (MUKTA) for the FY 2023-24.
Adhering to the 5T mantra, a total of 10,945 projects with an investment of Rs 833.21 crore are to be implemented across 115 ULBs of the State in the financial year. In this connection, the Housing and Urban Development has already issued sanction orders to the ULBs indicating the ULB specific number of projects along with the approved budget.
These projects will be executed through community partnership to be led by the Mission Shakti SHGs (MSGs) and Slum Dwellers Associations (SDAs). “Now, the time has come to gear up for successful implementation of all the approved projects by December 2023,” said Director, State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) cum State Nodal Officer for MUKTA Sarada Prasad Panda.
According to Panda, for the effective implementation of the approved projects, it is important to build knowledge, skills and capacities of the MSGs that are partnering for the implementation of MUKTA.
With a vision to empower the community partners, under the guidance of the Principal Secretary, G Mathi Vathanan, the department has made extensive planning to roll out a massive State-wide capacity building training (CBT) programme, which will also capacitate the implementing municipal officers and professionals associated with the execution of MUKTA.
“A meticulously planned CBT encompassing training of MSG/SDA leaders and the officials is being rolled out from June 22 onwards with the technical support from Urban Management Centre (UMC). Professionals of UMC and the professionals of SUDA will jointly impart the training and closely handhold and mentor the MSGs for effective implementation of the MUKTA projects on the ground,” informed Panda.