Odisha Cabinet approved 15 major proposals of various departments

Bhubaneswar:21/6/23: The Odisha Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Wednesday approved 15 major proposals of various departments.

The State Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Sampurna Pushti Yojana (MSPY), which aims at transforming nutrition outcomes of the adolescent girls (15-19 years), pregnant women & lactating mothers, severe acute malnutrition (SAM), MAM and severely underweight children of under 6 years of age across the state over a period of five years commencing from FY 2023-24 with a projected cost of Rs 3354.40 crore.

The Cabinet also approved a proposal to recommend for inclusion of Saora language in the Article 8 of the Indian Constitution for the preservation, development and research of the Saoralanguage and culture.

The Cabinet also gave its the revised cost of the ABADHA scheme for an amount of Rs.4224.22 Crore with scheme implementation period from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

The Cabinet approved an additional outlay of over Rs 1,000 crore for the Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme to transform Puri into a world heritage city.

ABADHA Scheme was launched during 2017-18 to develop Puri into a world class heritage city, to preserve and revitalize the heritage city. The State Cabinet have earlier approved the scheme with a cost outlay of Rs.3208 Crore. A number of projects are under implementation under the scheme. During the course of execution of the projects, some changes were effected to the approved projects and some additional projects have been taken up,’ which has resulted in increase in the total cost outlay of the scheme to Rs.4224.22 Crore. The State Cabinet have approved the revised cost of the scheme for an amount of Rs.4224.22 Crore with scheme implementation period from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

The Cabinet has approved for implementation of the “MMSY-Transferred Road Improvement Programme (TRIP) scheme for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs 1893 crore . Cabinet has approved execution of projects with a length of 1814.92 Km approximately targeted to be taken up in 2023-24 & 2024-25 and for completion of all ongoing projects under this scheme.

The Cabinet also approved for implementation of the MMSY- Connecting Missing Road Links (CMRL)” scheme for a period of 2 years i.e. from 2023-24 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.1160 crore. Cabinet has approved for execution of projects with a length of 673.49 Km approximately targeted to be taken up in 2023-24 & 2024-25 and for completion of all ongoing projects under this scheme and providing connecting bridges/ small CD works to existing roads wherever required.