Press trust of india
Berhampur: The much awaited Rs 581.8 crore Janibili mega water supply project for Berhampur town commenced Wednesday with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gracing the start of work at Jagadalapur here.
The project is first of its kind in the state in urban and rural water supply sector in terms of construction and operation maintenance.
The project will go a long way in solving the nagging drinking water problem of Berhampur town till 2045 and also supply water to 52 villages in Aska, Hinjili, Sheragada and Kukudakhandi blocks in the district.
An estimated 8.51 lakh population, including 6.75 lakh in urban and 1.76 lakh in rural areas would benefit from the project.
“Water supply is one of the priority schemes which was stressed by late Biju Patnaik whose birth centenary is being observed now,” the Chief Minister said while addressing the gathering after commencement of the work.
“I will personally monitor the implementation of the project which is scheduled to be completed in next two years,” said Patnaik.
The project involves withdrawal of water from Janibili, about 46-km from here through underground pipe and setting up of a 60 million liter per day (mld) capacity treatment plant at Jagadalapur on the outskirt of the town, construction of 17 and 10 underground and overhead tanks respectively and to lay a 232-km new pipeline in uncovered areas in the town and its adjoining areas, sources said
“The project was designed keeping an eye on the demand of water for next 30 years. Drinking water problem of the town will be sorted out for the next three decades,” urban and housing development minister Puspendra Singhdeo said.
He said the implementing firm would also undertake maintenance of the project for the next five years. At present, the town requires around 64-mld water. The town, however is getting around 54-mld from various sources including Dakhinapur reservoir and Rushikuya river water supply system.
It is facing an acute drinking water problem during the summer season, when water supply from Rushikulya system is reduced, sources said.
Press trust of india
Berhampur: The 55,000-tonne per annum (TPA) ferro-chrome plant set up by Tata Steel at a cost of Rs 542 crore in its Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam
district was Wednesday opened by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The plant is a unique environment-friendly unit with state-of-the-art pollution control equipment and technology such as ETP (effluent treatment plant) and STP (sewage treatment plant).
It has a 100 per cent water-harvesting facility that caters to most water requirements of the plant. It has an indigenously built semi-closed hybrid furnace, a first of its
kind in India in which components are procured from all over the world to maintain high standards of quality and safety.
Also, it is the first plant in India to use briquetting method of chrome ore fine agglomeration. The plant is expected to set a high benchmark in technology and on other performance parameters ensuring a higher stakeholder value.
Speaking on the occasion, Tata Steel (India and SEA) MD T V Narendran said the facility built at a cost of Rs 542 crore is the first greenfield ferro-chrome plant of Tata Steel in India.
“Gopalpur Industrial Park should see a lot more investors coming forward, adding to the industrial progress of the region,” he said. There is expectation of new investment coming into Tata Steel Special Economic Zone (SEZ) over the next few months. Besides the new unit at Gopalpur, Tata Steel has two other ferro-chrome plants in Orissa – a 65,000 TPA plant at Bamnipal in Keonjhar district and another in Cuttack district.
PNN