Cabinet Committee PMG applauds progress of projects in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Jan 8: Cabinet Committee Investment (CCI) Project Monitoring Group led by Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India has applauded Odisha as a “performing State” in many programmes including CCI projects. He said, “This committee helps both the project proponents and the people through expeditious implementation of the projects. The interstate issues relating to the projects are also resolved in meetings of this committee”.  Chairing the meeting held in Lokseba Bhawan convention hall today, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra said, “this joint exercise has been very fruitful and there has been substantial progress in implementation of the projects. Mahapatra further added, “The ground level problems faced in one sector differs from the other. The progress and problems of each individual project are discussed and resolved through joint effort”. Mahapatra directed the project proponents and the implanting departments to keep pace with time lines set against different phases of the projects.  The committee reviewed the progress of eight major projects envisaging investment of around Rs26,620 cr. These included four railway, two national highway, one power and one oil & gas projects. Around 42 issues relating to forest clearance, compensatory aforestation, tree felling, disbursement of compensation wards, right of way were discussed and resolved. The railway projects included  Khurda–Bolangir new broad gauge rail link (289KM),  4th rail line between Budhapank- Salegaon (170 km), 3rd line between Vizianagaram - Sambalpur (Titlagrh 264.6KM), and 3rd line between Rourkela-Jharsuguda (101 KM).  The reviewed road projects included Angul- Sambalpur toll road project, and, Singara –Binjabahal section of NH-6.  The power sector project was Darlipalli STPP stage-I (2X800 MW), and, the project from oil & gas was Paradip-Hyderabad product pipeline project.