Project Monitoring Group (PMG) Additional Secretary in Prime Ministers’ Office Arun Goel on Fridaytook stock of the progress of Cabinet Committee Investment projects at a meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat here.
State PMG Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena presented project updates and outlined issues for discussion.
Replying to a media query, Goel said, “There has been substantial progress in implementation of the projects in Odisha. I am satisfied with the progress made in Odisha.”
As many as 32 CCI projects were reviewed. The railway projects reviewed included Khodha-Balangir new broad gage railway (project cost of Rs3,550 crore), doubling of Sambalpur-Bamur railway line (Rs 1,111 crore) , doubling of Sambalpur- Titilagarh railway line (Rs1,078 crore), Hardaspur-Paradeep rail link project, alcher-Bimilagarh new rail line project(Rs810 crore) and Angul-Sukinda new rail line project (Rs638.5 crore). The NH projects reviewed included Tileibani-Sambalpur section of NH 6 (Rs752 core), Binhjabahal-Teleibani section of NH 6 (Rs1,057 crore), Baharagora-Singara section of NH-6 (Rs734 cr), six laning of Bhubaneswar-Chandikhol section of NH 5 (Rs1,047 crore), Rimoli-Roxy-Rajamunda section of NH 215 (Rs586 crore). Chandikhol-Talcher NH (396 crore), Angul-Sambalpur Toll road project (Rs1,220 crore), Cuttack-Angul toll way project (Rs1,123.69 crore) and Panikoili-Rimuli NH (Rs1,410 crore).
Similarly, projects like SMC power generation, buxite mines of Anark Almunium ltd, Telengiri Irrigation Project, Coal mine projects of MCl, Jharsuguda-Barpali coal transportation railway line, Hingula OCP, Kaniha OCP,Ananta extension OCP, Orient OCP, Orient underground mines, Super Thermal Power Project at Darlipali, lanco Babandh Power ltd, Odisha Ultra Mega Power Project, coal transport corridor and water pipeline corridor were reviewed.
The issues relating to rehabilitation, award of compensation, forest clearance, evacuation of encroachment from acquired land, forest clearance, environmental clearances, tree cutting permission, DGPS survey and compensatory afforestation were discussed and resolved.