WODC Chairman Directs To Promote Local Entrepreneurs In Odisha’s Boudh & Sonepur Dists – ODISHA BYTES
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Advisor to Chief Minister and Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council ( WODC) Asit Tripathy on Thursday directed the officers of Boudh and Sonepur to determine and promote the native entrepreneurs in potential sectors of success.
Tripathy gave the course whereas reviewing the progress of varied developmental initiatives of the 2 districts within the collectorate convention corridor of Boudh. He requested the native officers to determine the youths with entrepreneurial expertise and handhold them to begin their ventures.
“Boudh district has promising and proven potential for horticulture, fishery, handloom, handicraft poultry, rice bran oil, layer farms and vegetable processing units. The local entrepreneurs could be linked with bulk purchasers and online marketing platforms to sell their products at profitable rate. WODC funds would be used for creating the deficit infrastructure in maintaining the supply chain in these sectors,” Tripathy stated.
It was revealed throughout the evaluate that 1616 initiatives price Rs 81.31 crore have been sanctioned for Boudh district below WODC fund to this point. While 1458 initiatives have been accomplished, 158 initiatives are in numerous phases of implementation. Around Rs 77 crore have been invested in development of those initiatives.
Similarly, 1985 initiatives price round Rs 100 crore have been sanctioned from WODC funds for Sonepur districts. As of now, 1505 initiatives have been accomplished with funding of round Rs 84 crore and the remainder 480 initiatives are in numerous phases of implementation.
The main initiatives that have been reviewed included institution of agro polytechnic institute at Boudh, development of cultural auditorium and new library in Boudh Panchayat school, pipe water provide scheme in Btamhanipali village, kids park at Khaliapali, Biju Patnaik stadium at Kantamal, enchancment of Hrbanga-Dhalpur highway, Jagati village-Pherighat highway, Tileswar-Ramgarh highway and different highway initiatives.
Boudh collector Lalatendu Mishra, Sonepur collector Manisha Banarjee, Boudh SP V Raghunath Rao, Chief Executive Officer of WODC SK Patel, Project Director Babita Dalabehera together with senior officers of involved departments participated within the evaluate.
Tripathy additionally inspected the preparations completed for go to of vacationers to the district museum at Boudh and expressed his satisfaction. He directed the collector and museum officers to additional develop the museum in coordination with INTACH and State Museum.
