Nalco to upgrade Gandhi Smruthi Pitha at Puri

The Gandhi Smruthi Pitha by the sea beach at Puri in Odisha will soon turn into a state-of-the-art park, public-sector major Nalco announced today.
The aluminium major had set up the Gandhi Smruti Pitha in 2002 at an investment of Rs 50 lakh. The place was later handed over to the Puri-Konark Development Authority (PKDA) for maintenance.
Inameetingattended by local MP Maheswar Mohanty and Puri district collector Arvind Agarwal, Nalco CMD T K Chand agreedtoupgradetheexistingparkwithlandscaping,plantati on,musicalfountainsandlighting.
"Aconsultantshallbeappointedinamonth'stime in thisregardandtheworkshallbefinishedinoneyear,"Chand said in a statement.
Nalco would take cues from the Brindavan Gardens at Mysore,RamojiFilmCity at Hyderabad and GVK Industry, the company engagedinsettingupnewairportsinIndia.

A committee has been set up for the execution of the project,whichwillberepresented byS C Padhy, director (HR) and Amiya Patnaik,GM(H&A)fromNALCO, the statement added.