The Times of India 02.04.2013
Houses for 1000 slum-dwellers
CUTTACK: Chief minister NaveenPatnaik of Monday spent a busy day in Millennium City inaugurating and laying the foundation of many projects. Naveen laid the foundation stone of Rs 25 croreRajivAwasYojana (RAY) at MundaSahi to provide cheap concrete houses to 1,000 slum-dwellers.
He also laid the foundation stone for streetlights from the Biju
Patnaik Park till Naraj Barrage. The Rs 60 lakh project will be
completed by Cuttack Municipal Corporation by June. The foundation stone
for the new building of Odisha Administrative Tribunal was also laid
down by Naveen.
The chief minister tried to woo the women
and disabled by distributing loans among SHGs and wheelchairs and
tri-cycles to the handicapped. A special meeting was organised at the
Saheed Bhawan where Patnaik distributed pension among 25 disabled persons.
The CM also inaugurated the OCA Club and the swimming pool built inside
Barabati stadium by Odisha. The OCA club has17 luxurious double-bed
rooms, a cafeteria, table tennis room, conference hall, state-of-
the-art gymnasium and many other facilities. “Our swimmers were facing
problem due to lack of swimming pool but now their problem has been
solved. We have also hired coaches to train them,” said secretary of OCA
Asirbad Behera.
He also laid the foundation stone for streetlights from the Biju
Patnaik Park till Naraj Barrage. The Rs 60 lakh project will be
completed by Cuttack Municipal Corporation by June. The foundation stone
for the new building of Odisha Administrative Tribunal was also laid
down by Naveen.
The chief minister tried to woo the women
and disabled by distributing loans among SHGs and wheelchairs and
tri-cycles to the handicapped. A special meeting was organised at the
Saheed Bhawan where Patnaik distributed pension among 25 disabled persons.
The CM also inaugurated the OCA Club and the swimming pool built inside
Barabati stadium by Odisha. The OCA club has17 luxurious double-bed
rooms, a cafeteria, table tennis room, conference hall, state-of-
the-art gymnasium and many other facilities. “Our swimmers were facing
problem due to lack of swimming pool but now their problem has been
solved. We have also hired coaches to train them,” said secretary of OCA
Asirbad Behera.
