**Bhubaneswar: ** After reviewing the progress of the ongoing JICA projects in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar at the State Secretariat here on Wednesday, Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi informed media that the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar JICA projects to be over by 2018.
He said that the JICA projects, taken up in 2013 at an estimated cost of Rs 2975 crore, is in progress.
He also admitted that the pace of work relating to renovation of sewerage, drainage and sewerage treatment plants in both the cities had slowed down due to some unavoidable circumstances.