Bhubaneswar: Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Kartik Pandian Sunday visited Puri to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and interact with students and the general public.
He participated in the Nua-O Program and interacted with students from all colleges of Puri. He discussed with the students on Nua-O program providing a platform for youngsters to showcase their talent and to help achieve overall personality development in addition to their academic achievements. Pandian emphasised the students to work hard with self-confidence to achieve success in life. He said that the college transformation projects in the district will be completed by March. He motivated the students to aim high and mentioned about the achievements of some prominent personalities from Puri district like Prasanna Kumar Hota, Retd.
Health Secretary, Govt of India; Gopal Nanda, Ex-DG, Odisha Police; Kishore Jena, Athlete; Jayanti Behera, Paralympic athlete; Malay Kumar Mishra, Ambassador of India to the Republic of Hungary; Sudarshan Sahoo, Sculpture artist; Sudarshan Pattnaik, sand artist and Ashok Mohapatra, ExDirector, AIIMS Bhubaneswar. He said that so many role models have emerged from Puri district who have all been students from different government schools and colleges. They achieved success because of hard work and determination. He motivated the students to believe in their goals and work hard with self-confidence. Pandian reviewed the progress of the 650-bed Teaching Hospital, Puri for Rs 309 crore. He directed the officials concerned to complete the work as per the timeline. He also reviewed the progress of the Konark Heritage Area Development Project at Rs 172 crore.
Later, he reviewed the progress of 10 Multipurpose Cyclone shelters at a total cost of Rs 20 crore. He also reviewed other Major Temple development projects – Loknath Temple, Puri for Rs 35.42 crore; Maa Mangala Temple, Kakatpur at Rs 11.85 crore; Alarnath Pitha, Brahmagiri for Rs 9.11 crore; Siruli Mahaveer temple for Rs 6.02 crore; Baliharchandi temple at Rs 5.41 crore; Somnath temple, Nimapara for Rs 4.94 crore. He also reviewed the progress of other projects of the district including Mega PWS, major roads and bridges, and major health infrastructure projects. Some of the major projects have been taken up after the previous visit of Pandian to Puri district in August 2023, when he attended the grievance meetings and took feedback from the public. He interacted with the public at Bhudan Field, Talabania at Puri and received grievances on various issues and assured early resolution.
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP