Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced to provide homestead land to the
families in Jharsuguda district, displaced by the construction of Hirakud dam in 1960s.
Mr.Patnaik made the announcement while distributing smart health cards under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan yojana ( BSKY).
Sources said the long standing demand of nearly 2000 families displaced by the Hirakud dam project will be benefited by the announcement of the Chief Minister.
The Smart Health card launched by Mr.Patnaik for Jharsuguda district will benefit 1.15 lakh people in the district.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister inaugurated various projects worth Rs.144 crore and laid the foundation stone of projects worth 153 crore.
Mr.Patnaik inaugurated two water treatment plants, one for Jharsuguda and another for Brajarajnagar.
He said in a bid to provide safe drinking water to all villages and towns in Jharsuguda district, the state government had taken up several piped water projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 618 crore.
All these projects he said would be completed by June 2023 benefiting 1.22 lakh families of the district.The Chief Minister also announced that the construction work of the 100 bedded Heart Hospital would be completed soon to provide best and sophisticated treatment to the people.
With the distribution of Smart health cards in Jharsuguda district, as many as 12 districts in the state were now covered under the smart health card scheme of the government.
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