Nabakalebara Panel Reviews Infra Works

PURI: Head of the Nabakalebara Infrastructure Supervision Committee (NISC), Maheswar Mohanty, on Saturday reviewed the progress made into various infrastructure works being implemented for the Nabakalebara of the Trinity.

The Nava-kalevera ceremony at Lord Jagannath temple

In a meeting with the officials of Roads and Building, PHD, Electricity and NHAI, Mohanty expressed concern at the poor execution of sewerage works in Puri. Not even 50 per cent of sewerage works in the Pilgrim Town have been completed so far.

Officials informed that double tracking of the 18-km railway track between Sakhigopal and Puri has been put on fast track and is expected to be completed by May next year.

This apart, ongoing work on erection of the railway over-bridge at Samjajapur near Chandanpur along the Puri-Bhubaneswar National Highway would be completed by March, railway officials informed the committee. Similarly, four-laning of Puri-Bhubaneswar highway by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) would be completed before March.

The committee also discussed the ongoing works in health sector. Health officials presented reports on several healthcare projects being executed to augment the system before the fete. It includes an additional 500 beds with trauma care facilities in various hospitals of Puri and upgradation of six primary health centres (PHCs) along the Puri-Bhubaneswar route.

Chief Administrator of Jagannath temple, Bikash Mahapatra was present.

Nabakalebara is an important festival of the 12th century shrine as the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are to be replaced with a new set of idols.

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