Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet Tuesday decided to construct Integrated Infrastructure Complexes (IICs) in all the districts in a phased manner as per 5T action plan.
In the first phase, 10 IICs are taken up for construction out of which 9 complexes – Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Kandhamal, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Malkangiri, Ganjam and Nabarangpur – are funded from the state budget and the one in Sundargarh out of District Mineral Fund (DMF).
The remaining eight DMF districts will take up construction of such complex expeditiously while setting up of IIC in the remaining 12 districts will be taken up in the second phase starting from the financial year 2022-23.
The complexes will have old age home, home for the destitute, physiotherapy centre, medical unit, rehabilitation centre and special schools for visually impaired, hearing impaired and those with intellectual disabilities.
Similarly, the Cabinet has also approved tender of Rs 340.36 crore for construction of intake structure to pump water from Bargarh Main Canal to meet the irrigation requirement of Gangadhar Meher Lift Irrigation Project. The work will be executed through Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode on turnkey basis.
The project will be completed within 30 months. On completion of this work, irrigation facility for 25,600 hectares of land in Bijepur, Sohela and Barpali blocks of Bargarh district and Dunguripali block of Sonepur district will be ensured.
The panel further approved tenders for execution of four rural piped water supply projects – two each for Jajpur and Kandhamal districts.
By execution of these projects, 3,90,868 people of 69 GPs of Jajpur district and 1,05,217 people under 25 GPs of Kandhamal district will be provided with safe drinking water.
The total cost of Jajpur project is Rs 254.27crore while Rs 185.92 crore to be spent for execution of project in Kandhamal district. Both the projects are targeted for completion within a period of 24 months.
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