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The implementation of large investment projects in the state have seen significant progress during recent months, claimed officials sources here after a review by the Project Monitoring Group of Prime Ministers’ Office held on Friday.
S.D. Sharma, Joint Secretary, PMO said, “We have reviewed around 15 projects of worth more than Rs. 43,000 crore and have marked significant progress in the projects”.
The rehabilitation and land acquisition projects have picked up. Many projects are in advanced stage. This will be helpful in creation of employment opportunities and infrastructural development in the State, he said.
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The major projects reviewed included several railway projects like the Khurda- Bolangir new rail link project with estimated cost of Rs 3,550 crore, Sabamlpur-Bamur doubling with estimated cost of Rs 1,111 crore, Haridaspur- Paradeep New railway line estimated at Rs 1,000 crore, Talcher- Bimilagarh new rail line etc.
There were other major National Highway projects like Chandikhol-Duburi-Talcher section of NH estimated around Rs 996 cr, Binjabahal- Teleibani section of NH with estimated cost of Rs.1057 cr, Singara-Binjabahal section of NH estimated around Rs1,082 cr, etc.
The Rengali Irrigation Project estimated around Rs1,000 cr, OGPTL’s 765 KV line in Jharsuguda with estimated cost of Rs 1223cr, Technical Ammonium Nitrate project with estimated cost of Rs.1100 cr, and Darlipali STPP Stage-1 project with estimated cost of Rs.12532 cr were reviewed.
Apart from these, the progress of coal mining projects of MCL were also discussed in the meeting.
These coal mines included Balaram OCP, Bhubnaeswari OCP, Kaniha OCP, Belpahar OCP and Siarmal OCPThe issues relating to rehabilitation, disbursement of compensation, shifting of utilities, compliance to forest diversion proposals, forest clearance, issue of FRA certificate, compensatory afforestation etc were discussed and resolved said the officers.
It may be pertinent to mention here that e-PMS, an online project monitoring system has been put in place by Govt. of India to monitor the investment projects.
Chief secretary A P Padhi chaired the review meeting, Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan and other officers were present. Principal Secretary P K Jena presented the progress report on the projects.
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