Finance
On Sunday, the Odisha Cabinet, chaired virtually from Kyoto by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, made several key decisions.
Aside from approving a proposal to create a separate directorate for Odisha families living outside of Odisha and the country to deal with various issues confronting Non-resident Odias (NROs), the Cabinet approved a total of seven rural piped water projects, including six in Bolangir.
According to the Cabinet, providing safe drinking water to people living in rural areas is one of the state government’s top priorities. As a result, the government has decided to execute the Rural Piped Water Supply Project to provide safe drinking water in the Cuttack district using JJM funding. The project will provide safe drinking water to approximately 1,47,542 people from 149 villages under 23 gram panchayats in the Tangi-Choudwar block of the district.
The state Cabinet has approved the lowest tender of M/s Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd – JV- Bhugan Infracon Pvt Ltd., Ahmedabad, for the execution of the above work, amounting to Rs 153,51,25,281.00. The project is expected to be completed in 24 months.
Source:OCN
