Odisha CM Announces Special Package for Bijepur Assembly Constituency

Bhubaneswar: A day after sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for record fifth time, Naveen Patnaik today announced a special package for Bijepur Assembly constituency in Bargarh district, which the BJD president represents for the first time in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. 

As per announcement, about 34,000 eligible households having Kutcha houses in Bijepur Assembly constituency will be provided with Pucca houses.

Two Mega Pipe Water Supply schemes will be executed at estimated cost of Rs.1120 crores covering 8 lakh population of 505 villages of Bargarh district. 

All the villages of Bijepur Constituency will be provided with piped water supply with household connection in next  two years, the CM said.

A new Mega Lift project under Parbatigiri Mega Lift Scheme will be taken up in Buromunda GP of Gaisilet Block with water source from river Ong at an estimated cost of Rs.48.00 crores. This will provide irrigation to 3000 acres of agriculture land, he said. 

Twenty nine numbers of River Lift Projects & about 3000 Deep Borewell Irrigation Projects will be taken up in Bijepur Assembly Constituency.

Infrastructure works including water supply, street lighting, roads, drainage, Town Hall, Community Centers, Kalyan Mandap, Stadium, Market Complex, Park, Office buildings etc. will be taken up in Bijepur and Barpalli NACs. Package for each town will cost Rs.40 crores and the works will be

completed within next 2 years. 

 In order to provide quality power to the farmers, separate agriculture feeders totaling 60 kilometers of 33 KV line and 125 kilometers of 11 KV line will be constructed. Besides, 50 new Distribution Transformers will also be set up to improve the voltage level, Naveen announced. 

Three new R.I. Circles’ be set up at Guderpali, Talpali and Dangabahal under Gaisilet Tahasil.