AP Bureau.
Bhubaneswar, 2nd May 2017: Odisha Government has taken stock of the progress of large infrastructural and industrial development projects, in the State Project Monitoring Group meeting held on Tuesday at State Secretariat here on Tuesday.
Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi directed concerned departments to follow up the projects till their completion and commissioning. The project proponents, companies and industrial houses were asked to make their CSR activities need based and intensive in the area to gain confidence of the people.
Principal Secretary Industry Sanjeeb Chopra presented updates of the projects in the meeting and outlined the issues for discussion. Mostly the issues relating to starting of construction work over the acquired land, eviction of encroachment, rehabilitation, award of compensation, forest diversion, DGPS survey, arrangement of the Pallisabha meetings, shifting of the utilities, new land acquisition etc were discussed and resolved in the meeting.
A total number of 10 large projects were reviewed in the meeting. The projects like RSB Transmission Pvt Ltd, Gandhamardan-B mines, Daitari Mines, South Kaliapani mines, Bhusan Steel Limited, Thermal Project of OPGC, expansion of Talcher Super Thermal Power Stataion, Darlipali Super Thermal power project, Power transmission line of OPGC, coal mine projects of Odisha Coal & Power Ltd in the village Manoharpur, ITC manufacturing unit at Khordha figured in the meeting.
