Bhubaneswar, October 13: The Odisha Government on Tuesday approved establishment of a Disaster Recovery-cum-Data Centre (DR-cum-DC) at Keonjhar at a cost of over Rs 176.83 crore. The facility will strengthen the State's capacity for business continuity, disaster recovery and cyber resilience.

The decision was taken during a State Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan here.

The DR-cum-DC will be established at the south campus of Dharanidhar University, Keonjhar, providing the required geographical separation from the primary Data Centre at Bhubaneswar.

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The project will be implemented at a cost of Rs 176,83,33,688 (inclusive of applicable taxes), comprising Capital Expenditure of Rs 154.00 crore and Operational Expenditure of Rs 22.83 crore for five years. An amount of Rs 162.83 crore has been provided from the 5th State Finance Commission Grant-in-Aid. The balance amount will be met by OCAC from the SDC maintenance budget of E & IT Department managed by OCAC, Bhubaneswar.

Through an open tender process, Krystal Integrated Services Limited emerged as L1 bidder and has been selected for award of the work. The implementation period is nine months, followed by operation and maintenance support for five years from Go-Live.

The proposed new facility will have independent power, cooling, connectivity, compute, storage, backup, network and cyber-security systems. The facility will enable restoration of identified Government services within their approved Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO), supported by secure replication, centralized monitoring, independent backup and cyber-recovery arrangements, and periodic disaster-recovery drills.

Today, the Government of Odisha, in its Cabinet Meeting, approved award of the work to M/s Krystal Integrated Services Limited for establishment of the DR¬cum-DC at Keonjhar. The project will provide a geographically independent recovery facility for critical Government digital services and strengthen the State's preparedness to maintain secure, reliable and citizen-centric services during any disaster or major disruption.