Bhubaneswar, Dec 24: The State Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took thirteen major decisions relating to the departments of Energy, Industries, School and Mass Education, Water resources, Fisheries and Animal Resource development, Housing and Urban development, Law, Works and Parliamentary affairs.
Informing people about decisions of the Cabinet Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra told that major decisions included approval of the projects for solving the low voltage problem in different areas of the State, career advancement policy for multilingual Sikshya Sahayaks, construction of Sandul barrage project in Kalahandi district, construction of under ground pipeline irrigation system from Rengali right irrigation system for irrigation in Dhenkanal and Cuttack districts, and construction of under ground pipeline from Anandapur barrage for irrigation of around 9800 Hectors in Balasore district.
Briefing newspersons after the Cabinet Chief Secretary S. C. Mohapatra said the cabinet approved the projects proposed by the state Transmission utility. Based on the proposals of DISCOMS. The projects included four grid substations and associated lines and one 132 KV line with an outlay of Rs 259.43 crore. Out of which 30 per cent (Rs 77.83 crore will be provided as equity support by the state government.
Development Commissioner Predeep Kumar Jena along with the Principal Secretaries of concerned departments were present in the press briefing.
