WODC Chairman Tripathy visits Rourkela, Reviews Development projects

Rourkela, Aug 4(Reporters Today Bureau): Western Odisha Development Council Chairman Asit Tripathy Thursday visited Rourkela and reviewed development projects in the district.

He reviewed the achievements in Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandary, Fishery, MSME, OLM and ITDA on livelihood activities taken up under different schemes.

Tripathy directed all the officials for District Economic Planning by creating a viable platform for private entrepreneur with felt need economic activities.

He desired that district level officials should work in a convergence mode.

Existing supply chains on different sectors need to be mapped & commercial farming should be promoted. There is high potentiality in the District for non conventional crops like Ground nut, Moong & Sunflower. Pisiculture in the District is in an increasing trend by involving the individual beneficiaries & WSHGs in GP & private tanks as well.

The WODC Chairman called upon everyone to work in a convergence mode with team spirit for the stakeholders in a cluster approach with sustainability, branding & market linkage.

Tripathy also visited Government Autonomous College, Rourkela and inaugurated the Post-graduate Department of Computer Science, which has been constructed out of the convergence of funds of DMF & Deptt of Higher Education with a cost of Rs 92 lakh.

Tripathy urged the students to take advantage of the latest technology & trainings imparted by the Govt in different programmes to upgrade their skills to get established themselves in different sectors.

He also visited the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium & Recovery Center, which are in construction stage for the ensuing 2023 Hockey Word Cup. Estimated the cost of the stadium Rs 181 crore. This sports infrastructure will be helpful for promotion of Hockey with exposure to the local Hockey players, who have passion to be strong in this field.

He also visited the under construction football Stadium, athletic track, swimming pool & multi-purpose sports activities with multi stage car parking arrangement at Bisra maidan at Rourkela at an estimated the cost of Rs148cr & reviewed the progress of work This is likely to be completed by November 2022.

This multi discipline sports infrastructure will be of immense help to the sports men & women.