The state government has sanctioned Rs 295 crore for 127 infrastructure projects under Odisha Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (OUIDF). This was announced by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at a meeting of OUIDF Board of Trustees held on 22 June.
Among the projects the LED lighting projects for 113 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) estimated at Rs 265 crore was approved. Other projects include reclamation and peripheral development of 14 water bodies in five ULBs estimated at Rs 30 crore.
State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) was nominated as nodal agency to undertake capacity building activities of the personnel in 114 ULBs of the state.
Meanwhile, the Board also reviewed progress of water supply projects at Gopalpur in Ganjam district, bulk water supply under public-private-partnership to NISER and IIT, energy efficient streetlight projects in five municipal corporations, market development projects in Sambalpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, solid waste management project in Brahmapur, sewerage treatment projects in Sambalpur and Rourkela and water body development projects in 11 different ULBs.
