Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he would personally take interest for implementation of different centrally-aided projects in Ganjam district if the state government came forward to assist like providing land.
Several projects have been proposed by the central government in Ganjam. These include a railway wagon factory, a transport nagar, a defence manufacturing unit, a mega oil depo near Golantara, coastal national highway from Gopalpur to Digha and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research.
"All these projects will be only implemented after the state government hands over the required lands to the departments concerned," he told at a meeting here while launching a loan mela under Pradhan Matri Mudra Yojana. He also assured that he would take interest to make Gopalpur Port s a major and all-weather port if the state government requests the Centre in this regard. The port is being developed by Gopalpur Port Limited, a private company.
On the demand to extend the proposed coastal national highway from Digha to Gopalpur up to Sonepur in Ganjam district, he promised the matter would be taken up with Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari.
He blamed the state government for the underdevelopment of Ganjam district, particularly Berhampur, the commercial hub.
Earlier, Lok Sabha member (Aska) Ladu Kishor Swain and MLA (Berhampur) R C Chyaupatnaik appealed to the Union minister for implementation of various central projects in the district.
-TNN | Sep 26, 2015
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