Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his scheduled Odisha visit on December 24 is slated to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate host of projects valued at Rs 160 billion.
The projects include the foundation laying of Paradip-Hyderabad products pipeline (PHPL) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) with cost pegged at Rs 38 billion, Bokaro- Angul section of Jagdishpur- Haldia pipeline and Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline project of GAIL India ltd (Rs 34.37 billion), for construction of permanent campus of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Berhampur (Rs 12.29 billion), six laning of Chandikhole-Bhadrak section of NH-5 on Hybrid Annuity