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Odisha Chief Minister laid foundation on a mega water supply project under BASUDHA scheme

Bhubaneswar:24/11/18:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik laid foundation on a mega water supply project under Buxi Jagabandhu Assured Water Supply to Habitations (BASUDHA) scheme. It will supply portable piped water to 147 villages of Puri and Ganjam districts. The project will treat water from Rushikulya River and supply it to 92 villages of Krushnaprasad block of Puri and 55 villages of Ganjam block. The ₹ 203.46 Cr project will be implemented by GVPR Engineers Limited within two years with five years operation and maintenance

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“I had announced the Basudha (Buxy Jagabandhu Assured Water Supply to Habitations) scheme to commemorate Buxi Jagabandhu on the occasion of completion of 200 years of Paik Rebellion. I am very happy to inaugurate 500 projects under the scheme,” the CM said while addressing the gathering.

“Safe drinking water is highly important. Safe drinking water correlates to the health of people and people’s health has a high impact on the economy of the country. Our objective is to provide piped drinking water to every household,” Naveen added.

Housing and urban development Minister Niranjan Pujari, MP Prasanna Patsani, Khurda MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahu and other department officials were present at the event.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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