AP Bureau:
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Bhubaneswar, 11th Jan 2016: Odisha Government on Monday signed an MoU with Engineers India Limited (EIL), a Nabaratna public sector company under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, to give a facelift to various projects in respective cities, those covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transmission ( AMRUT) Mission.
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The Housing& Urban Development Department, Govt of Odisha has signed the MoU in presence of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi. As per the terms of MoU, EIL will provide end to end support for design, development, implementation and integrated management of the projects like water supply, sewerage, storm water drainage and urban transport in 9 AMRUT towns of Odisha. EIL will function as Project Development & Management Consultant ( PMDC) for Govt of Odisha.
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At present, 9 cities namely Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Puri, Bhadrak, Rourkela, Balasore and Baripada have been included under AMRUT mission. The objective of the Mission is to rejuvenate and transform these towns with enhanced and qualitative of basic urban services.
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The Centre has approved the State Annual Action Plan ( SAAP) of worth around Rs.461 crore to be utilized in 85 projects in the 9 cities for the year 2015-16. The SAAP for subsequent years will be prepared with the help of PMDC. The period of MOU is 48 months.
