Orissa city development plan incorporates heritage conservation

BHUBHANESWAR: Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Orissa, will be initiating several projects which would be worth a total of Rs 265 crore as a part of the Puri City Development Plan. The projects would be implemented in a bid to integrate city development with heritage preservation under the Augmentation Basic Amenities & Development of Heritage & Architecture at Puri (ABADHA) Yojana. CM would be inaugurating Orissa’s first trumpet bridge, which would be connecting Puri bypass with Jagannath Ballav Math and would be built on an estimated cost of Rs 190 crore. The Math premises would also host a multi-level parking lot along with a market area and meditation centre that could host 10,000 people at a time. The parking space will accommodate 500 cars at a time. The projects would be executed by the Works Department and Odisha Bridges and Constructions Corporation.