41 out of 77 PPP Projects in Odisha become Operational
Bhubaneswar, 31st July: Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects under implementation in the State have been fast tracked with Chief Secretary Sri Gokul Chandra Pati taking a project-wise review of the projects in the Empowered Committee meeting held in Secretariat conference hall today.
The Principal Secretary in charge of PPP Cell Sri P.K. Jena presented the updates of the projects and outlined the issues for discussion. Reviewing the progress of individual projects, Chief Secretary directed the PPP Cell of Planning & Coordination Department to monitor and follow up the projects constantly till their commissioning.
It has been decided to form a Committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, IT Sri P.K. Jena to prepare the road map for carrying forward the Smart City programme. Chief Secretary has advised to take the representatives from the Departments of Housing & Urban Development, Transport, Police, Energy and other related Departments as Members in the Committee.
The Empowered Committee reviewed the projects like Integrated Solid Waste Management for Sambalpur, Burla and Hirakud, establishment of Spinning Mill at Keshinga, Bio-tech project at Andharua (Bhubaneswar), Institutes for Training of Trainers (4 numbers) under the department of Employment and Training & Technical Education, Roof top Solar projects in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, Bulk water supply projects for IIT, NISER, IDCO and adjoining area, Storage and Warehousing Infrastructure, Greenfield Hospital and Health Care Network in Bhubaneswar, Energy Efficient Public Street Light in urban areas, City Bus Service in Rourkela-Biramitrapur-Rajgangpur, Municipal Solid Waste Management of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri.
The issues relating to bidding parameters, signing of agreement, floating of RFT, capacity building, handholding support to the project developers and inviting of tenders etc. were discussed and resolved in the meeting.
Replying to a media query after the meeting the Joint Director, Planning & Coordination (PPP Cell) Sri Jayant Kumar Mishra said that a total number of 77 projects involving investment of around 22,142 cr. have been taken up in the State out of which 41 projects with investment of around 5,589 cr. have been made operational and 29 projects involving investment of 15,584 cr. are under implementation. Besides 7 projects envisaging investment of 969 crores are in pipeline.
The completed and operationalised PPP projects include market-cum-residential complex at Bhubaneswar, commercial shopping complex at Bhubaneswar, air-conditioned market complex at Bhubaneswar, city bus service for larger Sambalpur region, magnetic radio imaging centre at SCB Medical College Cuttack, management of 9 primary health care centres in Keonjhar, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Balasore, emergency medical ambulance service, e-registration system, minor port at Dhamara, minor brownfield port at Gopalpur, driving training institute at Chatia, upgradation of common infrastructure in Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex, upgradation of infrastructure in Plastic Park at Balasore, Palaspanga-Bameberi Express Highway, Heritage Hotel at Puri Mahodadhi Niwas , Eco Camp at Ramchandi and 3 numbers of South Indian Restaurants at Konark, Cuttack and Satpada. Besides, 14 no. of industrial training institutes at Puri, Cuttack, Umarkote, Chhatrapur, Barbil, Baripada, Takatpur, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Boudh, Bargarh, Anandpur, Khariar and Bolangir have also been upgraded in PPP mode.
Development Commissioner Sri U. N. Behera, Pr. Secretary Industry Sri Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary Works Sri N. K. Pradhan, M.D. GRIDCO Sri Hemant Sharma, Special Secretary H&UD Sri Sisir Kumar Ratho, PPP Consultant Sri Subhra Ranjan Mishra along with other senior officers of the concerned Departments participated in the discussions.