Bhubaneswar: As per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha, Kartik Pandian interacted with the public of Angul and Sambalpur Districts over video conference.
He interacted with the public present at Badapadia at Kishorenagar and Barasahi Field at Chhendipada in Angul district; Rengali High School Field, Jamadarpalli Field at Sambalpur and Subash Maidan at Hirakud in Sambalpur district.
History was created by the Naveen Patnaik government by sanctioning projects on the same day towards resolving the maximum no of public grievances received today.
Based on the grievance petitions received from the people present at the venues, the Chief Minister sanctioned 283 projects at a cost of Rs 10.47 crore in Angul district and 408 projects at a cost of Rs 12.59 Cr in Sambalpur district on the same day. The sanction orders were also sent to the petitioners over their mobile phones.
Pandian also informed that since his visit in July last year to Angul and Sambalpur districts, based on petitions and feedback, Rs 886 crore worth of projects have been taken up in both the districts.
He informed about the major decisions taken by the Chief Minister like an increase in social security pensions across all categories by Rs 500 each that would benefit around 58 lakh beneficiaries.
He also informed that financial assistance under MAMATA Yojana has been increased from Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000. This will further benefit women and infants towards improved nutrition and better health outcomes.
Pandian informed that Mission Shakti groups can now avail loans up to Rs 10 lakh with zero interest.
He also assured that ASHA workers and Mission Shakti Community Cadres would get good news soon with respect to their remuneration hike.
