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Odisha Cabinet Approves 4-Laning Of Biju Expressway

Bhubaneswar:9/6/21: The Odisha Cabinet today approved four-laning of 174.5-km-long Biju Expressway connecting the western and southern parts of the State. Under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the State Cabinet during its meeting okayed a proposal for four-laning of Biju Expressway through EPC contract at cost of Rs 448.02 crore.

Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra in a presser informed a total of six small bridges and six large bridges will be constructed on 104.65-km-long stretch of Biju Expressway from Ghatipada to Sinapalli in Nuapada district.

Mahapatra stated the widening of the Biju Expressway would boost economic and industrial development in the entire region.

The State Cabinet today approved as many as 11 proposals from departments of Finance, Fisheries and Animal Resource Development, General Administration and Public Grievances, Works and, Housing and Urban Development.

Besides, the Cabinet decided to develop the box culvert carriage road over main drain No-1 from Pattapola to Matrubhawan in Cuttack city.

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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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