Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Public Works Department Krishan Kumar, along with Chief Engineer and other senior officials of the department on Sunday visited Kendrapada district to review the progress of ongoing construction work of a mother and childcare hospital at Shyamagudi that has been started with an estimated cost of Rs 110 crore.
Besides, they accessed the ongoing construction work of the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) building and Infection unit building work. Krishan Kumar showed his displeasure at the slow progress of the construction works and directed to complete the project within the existing deadline, set by the State Government earlier. Later , Krishan Kumar paid a visit to a bridge construction site at Govari river and also visited the Baladevjew temple to see the progress work.
District Collector Amrit Rituraj, DRDA PD Dillip Parida, Sub Collector Jyotishankar Mohapatra, besides all the senior officials of the line department accompanied Krishan Kumar during his visit.
Notably, 5T Secretary V Karthikeya Pandian on last October 15 2019 , had visited the Mother and child care hospital to review the ongoing construction works and had directed to the district administration to complete at least the first component of the hospital before the end of February 2020.