Government of Odisha to develop 2,158 km highways under Road Development Plan

Highways in a state show the development of that area. Wide highways will increase the transportation rate which will ultimately lead to achieve the business goals. That’s why the state government has came out with plans to improve the conditions of 2,158 km state highways with an total investment of Rs 3,000 Crore in upcoming 4 years. The tender notice has been called for the 1st phase of work involving 381 km or state highways with an expenditure of Rs 633 Crore.

A new scheme has been introduced by the Government of Odisha called as State Highways Development Programme (SHDP), which will be working on doubling the State Highways within five years with an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 Crore.

A Project management Cell is going to be set up to manage and monitor the projects under SHDP scheme. The work department has been advised to engage Professional Contract Management Agency to assist the PMC to accomplish the target in due time.

The first phase of the programme include widening and strengthening of the road of 11.772 km long between Hindol and Mahidharpur on SH-64 in Dhenkanal District. The first phase also includes 11.93 km long Umerkote-Raighar-Kundei-Likma on SH-40 in Nabarangpur district, , 8.20 km Seragarh-Nilagiri-Jharanaghati on SH-19 in Balasore district and 7km Arigaon-Bishalpali road in Bolangir district.

The first phase also include Shergada- Badagada-Sorada stretch on SH-36 of 38.95 km in Ganjam district, Manamunda-Kantamala-Ghantapada-Sindhiguda (SH-41) of 24.19 km in Boudh, Banigochha-Madharpur-Khajuripada-Phulbani-Saranagada-Nuagaon-Baliguda (SH-1) of 52.52km in Kandhamal, Baliguda-Muniguda (SH-5) of 24 km in Kandhamal, Parvatipur-Laxmipur (SH-51) of 47.35 km in Koraput district, Karanjia-Thakurmunda-Satkosia-Anandapur (SH-53) of 57.22 km in Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar district.

As per the decision, the Berhampur-Mandara stretch (31 km) and Shergada-Badagada-Sorada (38.95 km) in Ganjam district, Padadahandi-Umerkote-Yerla (18.60 km) and Umerkote-Raighar-Kundei-Likma (11.93 km) in Nabarangpur district and Bhawanipatana-Gunupur-Kashipur (18.90 km) in Kalahandi district will also be developed into two lanes.

In a high level meeting which has been held recently chaired by Chief Secretary, J K Mohapatra, the main emphasis was given on widening roads in the Naxal-affected districts. In the meeting, Chief Secretary J K Mohapatra asked the officials to prepare monthly work plans against each road project and accomplish the target.

The State Works Department has decided that project costing more than Rs 20 Crore will be implemented under Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) mode. The Chief Secretary has advised the works department to finalize contract awards of 800 km roads and finish tendering of balance roads by December 2013.

Electronic Manufacturing Cluster to be set-up at Info-Valley

The IT sector in India, especially in Odisha is growing day by day. The IT sector plays a vital role in foreign exchange as many of the foreign client deal with the Indian IT sector.

Recently the Government of Odisha has decided to set up an Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at the Info Valley in Bhubaneswar. The Department of Information Technology has offered for preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for this project. 

The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) will be preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR). The the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) will take at least four months to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) and it will take six weeks for submission of the report and approval from the Centre.

The information and communication policy is the most important part of the Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) project which will be finalised after the draft being verified by different departments.

The main goal of the draft policy is to achieve a gross IT turnover of $ 4 Billion including exports of the software and services, ESDM, domestic consumption and training. Such a huge turnover form foreign market and domestic market is not easy at all but the need of the services will make a way for it.

Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) is very hope to attract the ten leading IT companies and five leading Electronic System design and Manufacturing (ESDM) companies.

The project will create a lot of job opportunities for the IT professionals. The target of the policy is creating direct employment of 60,000 IT professionals and ESDM units by 2020.

Apart from this, the Department of Information Technology has also engaged the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association, the premier trade body representing the ESDM industry, to prepare a road map for the ESDM sector in Odisha. 

Government of Odisha to Start Tourism Projects along Daya & Kuakhai Rivers in Bhubaneswar

Odisha is famous for its scenic beauty, long sea beaches and historical places. But to attract the foreign tourists there must be good tourism projects like hotels, parks etc. near famous places. The tourism projects in Odisha have started few years ago with the bus services for the foreign tourists, but that was not good enough to attract more number of tourists to land of scenic beauty, Odisha.

Recently Government of Odisha had undertaken many of the tourism and development projects and tourism projects near Daya and Kuakhai rivers is one of them. This project will work on establishing hotels, parks and boating facilities along the Daya and Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar.

A state level steering committee meeting was organized to have a blueprint for the project. The meeting was attended by Housing and Urban Planning Minister Debiprasad Mishra, Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Surya Narayan Patra, Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Development Commissioner I Shrinivas, State Housing Board chairman Saroj Kumar Samal , Vice Chairman of BDA Bishal Deb and other dignitaries. The meeting was organized presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

The committee meeting was about the tourism development projects. The committee is planning to construct a project same as Sabarmati in Ahmedabad. This tourism project will be a new step towards the development of the Odisha Tourism. With these must needed facilities the tourist places will have more number of tourists and the showcase of the traditions and cultures of Odisha will go to a next level.

Furthermore the Government of Odisha is planning of the Greater Bhubaneswar with a future expansion of 146 villages added to its territory. The Greater Bhubaneswar is expected to build in an area of 11059 square kilometers. The decision of building the Greater Bhubaneswar was taken in reference with the Comprehensive Development Plan developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

The sketching of roadmaps and blue prints of the projects is under processing. The 60 kilometer Ring Road project within the perimeter of the city is also under processing. And also so much awaited rapid transit system is going to start soon. BDA (Bhubaneswar Development Authority) is also planning to build 10,000 cost effective homes in the city. The committee is also planning to build Satellite Township on 1200 acres of land.

If all these projects came true then Bhubaneswar will became one of the developed cities in India. Let’s wait to see the Future Bhubaneswar.