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Odisha approves projects worth Rs 640 cr under OMBADC
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SME Times News Bureau | 21 Sep, 2021
The Odisha government on Tuesday approved development projects worth Rs
640 crore for mining affected districts under Odisha Mineral Bearing
Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) fund.
The board of
directors of OMBADC headed by chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra
has approved the projects in the sectors including education,
environment and sports for the mineral bearing districts.
Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the corporation, Uma Nanduri said that
projects to the tune of Rs 533 crore has been approved for 889 secondary
schools in Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj
and Sundargarh districts.
Mahapatra asked the officials to
provide global level education and exposure to the students under
secondary school development programme. Since the smart classroom,
e-library, science lab, ICT lab would be developed through the new
project, the teachers must focus on providing the best education to the
students with global exposure, he said.
"Such facilities should
enable our children to compete with anyone at national and global
level," the chief secretary said. He also emphasized on development of
the playground and joyful ambiance and a learning ecosystem.
The
board has also approved the proposal for development of multipurpose
indoor stadiums estimated at a total cost of around Rs 104 crore for 11
urban local bodies (ULBs) in the mining affected districts. The facility
would nurture and promote sports talents in these ULBs and their
adjacent areas, an official said.
The project on application of
ICT and data science for development of the environmental information
system in the mining areas of Odisha of around Rs 3 crore was also
sanctioned in the meeting, the official said.
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