By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, July 31, 2015 : About 41 of 77 projects under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode worth of Rs 5589 crore in Odisha have been made operational, officials said here on Friday. 

While 29 projects with an investment of Rs 15,584 crore are under implementation, some 7 projects envisaging investment of 969 crores are in pipeline.

Speaking to media persons, the joint director, planning and coordination (PPP Cell) Jayant Kumar Mishra said the completed and operationalised PPP projects include market-cum-residential complex, commercial shopping complex, air-conditioned market complex one each at Bhubaneswar, city bus service for larger Sambalpur region, magnetic radio imaging centre at SCB Medical College Cuttack, management of 9 primary health care centres in Keonjhar, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Balasore, emergency medical ambulance service, e-registration system, minor port at Dhamara, minor brownfield port at Gopalpur, driving training institute at Chatia, upgradation of common infrastructure in Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex, upgradation of infrastructure in Plastic Park at Balasore, Palaspanga-Bameberi Express Highway, Heritage Hotel at Puri Mahodadhi Niwas , Eco Camp at Ramchandi and 3 numbers of South Indian Restaurants at Konark, Cuttack and Satpada.

Besides, 14 industrial training institutes at Puri, Cuttack, Umarkote, Chhatrapur, Barbil, Baripada, Takatpur, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Boudh, Bargarh, Anandpur, Khariar and Bolangir have also been upgraded in PPP mode, he added.

Reviewing the progress of each project in a meeting of the Empowered Committee held here, chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati directed the PPP Cell of planning and coordination department to monitor and follow up the projects constantly till their commissioning.

A Committee has been formed headed by principal secretary, information and technology, P.K. Jena to prepare the road map for carrying forward the Smart City programme.
Jena, who is also in charge of PPP Cell, briefed about the updates of the projects and outlined the issues for discussion.

The Empowered Committee reviewed the projects like Integrated Solid Waste Management for Sambalpur, Burla and Hirakud, establishment of Spinning Mill at Keshinga, Bio-tech project at Bhubaneswar, four Institutes for Training of Trainers under the department of Employment and Training & Technical Education, Roof top Solar projects in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, Bulk water supply projects for IIT, NISER, IDCO and adjoining area, Storage and Warehousing Infrastructure, Greenfield Hospital and Health Care Network in Bhubaneswar, Energy Efficient Public Street Light in urban areas, City Bus Service in Rourkela-Biramitrapur-Rajgangpur, Municipal Solid Waste Management of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri.
The issues relating to bidding parameters, signing of agreement, floating of RFT, capacity building, handholding support to the project developers and inviting of tenders etc. were discussed and resolved in the meeting.

Development commissioner U. N. Behera, principal secretary, industry Sanjeev Chopra, secretary works Nalinin K. Pradhan, M.D. GRIDCO Hemant Sharma, special secretary housing and urban development Sisir Kumar Ratho, PPP Consultant Subhra Ranjan Mishra along with other senior officers of the concerned departments were present in the meeting.