By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman, VK Pandian visited Puri District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and interact with students and the general public as per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
He participated in the Nua-O Program being organised and interacted with students of 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 emphasized that students should 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 the achievements of some prominent personalities from Puri district like Prasanna Kumar Hota, IAS, Retd. Health Secretary, Govt of India; Gopal Nanda, IPS, Ex-DG, Odisha Police; Sh Kishore Jena, Athlete; Miss Jayanti Behera, Paralympic athlete; Malay Kumar Mishra, IFS, Ambassador of India to the Republic of Hungary; Sudarshan Sahoo, Sculpture artist; Sudarshan Pattnaik, sand artist and Dr Ashok Mohapatra, Ex-Director, AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
He said that so many role models have emerged from the Puri district who have all been students from different government schools and Colleges. They have 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 Crs. He directed the concerned officials to complete the work as per the timeline.
He also reviewed the progress of the Konark Heritage Area Development Project at Rs. 172 Crores.
Later, he reviewed the progress of 10 nos of Multipurpose Cyclone shelters at a total cost of Rs 20 Crores which were sanctioned after his last visit to the district in August 2023.
He also reviewed other Major Temple development projects – Loknath Temple, Puri for rs. 35.42 Crores; Maa Mangala Temple, Kakatpur at Rs 11.85 Crores; Alarnath Pitha, Brahmagiri for Rs. 9.11 Crs; Siruli Mahaveer temple for 6.02 Crores; Baliharchandi temple for 5.41 Crores; Somnath temple, Nimapara for rs. 4.94 Crores etc.
