Odisha Cabinet Congratulates Modi On Completing 25 Years As Head Of Government
CM Majhi said Odisha had added 2,236 km of railway lines since 2014 and achieved 100 per cent railway electrification.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 25 years as head of government, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi highlighting the Centre’s development initiatives and infrastructure investments in the state.
Modi completed 25 years in public office on October 7, having served as Gujarat chief minister before becoming Prime Minister in May 2014.
Briefing the media, Majhi said Modi’s leadership had accelerated India’s development and placed Odisha at the centre of the Centre’s Purvodaya vision for eastern India. He said the Prime Minister had visited Odisha eight times since the BJP government came to power in the state.
Highlighting infrastructure development, Majhi said Odisha had added 2,236 km of railway lines since 2014 and achieved 100 per cent railway electrification. The Khurda Road-Balangir railway line was nearing completion, while six Vande Bharat trains connected 17 districts through 25 stoppages. Fifty-nine railway stations are being redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
The Centre has approved Rs 8,308 crore for the 111-km, six-lane Capital Region Ring Road and around Rs 8,300 crore for the proposed greenfield Odisha Coastal Highway, he said.
Majhi also cited proposed investments of Rs 21,500 crore in a deep-sea port at Bahuda mouth in Ganjam district and Rs 24,700 crore in a shipbuilding and repair cluster in Kendrapada district.
Projects in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri-Paradip economic region, expansion of the Paradip oil refinery and development of the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region are expected to boost industrial growth in coastal Odisha.
He also highlighted the development of Jharsuguda airport, the establishment of IISER at Berhampur and IIM at Sambalpur, expansion of Rourkela Steel Plant, and investments in electronics and semiconductor manufacturing.
Majhi said the Centre’s development agenda focused on empowering women, farmers, the poor and youth. He claimed that more than 25 crore people had moved out of multidimensional poverty during Modi’s 12 years as Prime Minister.
The state has prepared Vision Odisha 2036 and Vision Odisha 2047 in alignment with the national goal of Viksit Bharat 2047, he added.