Rs. 78 Crore sanctioned for infrastructure development in Jagannath Dham under PRASHAD scheme

 

Rs. 78 Crore  sanctioned for infrastructure  development in Jagannath Dham  under PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spirituality Augmentation Drive)  Scheme  

·         In 2015-16 , Govt. of India  sanctioned  Rs. 50 crore  and  released Rs. 10 crore infrastructure  development in Jagannath Dham  

·         In 2017, Govt. of  Odisha  made  details of  budgetary  plan  for infrastructure  development in Jagannath Dham  

·         By December, 2020, Govt. has   been able to produce  UC of  only Rs. 3.76  crore .

·         As  Govt. of Odisha  has not  utilized  the  fund  , Govt. of India  has not  yet  released  total fund  sanctioned in 2015.

 Dear friends

 RTI Application was  filed  by Srikant Pakal to the PIO, Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha  seeking  information about details of fund  received  under PRASHAD  scheme  from Govt. of India  and  details of fund  utilized  by Govt. of Odisha. On 14.12.2020, the PIO has provided the following information.

 1.      On 27.11.17,  the Department of Tourism  and Culture , Govt. of Odisha has made revised  administrative  approval for Infrastructure  Development  at Puri Shree Jagannath Dham –Ramachandi-Prachi river front  at Deuli-Dhauli  under Mega Circuit ( for Nabakalebara-2015)  at an estimated  cost of  Rs. 78,54,77,000.00 .

 2.      Details of fund sanctioned  for different projects under PRASHAD Yojana is as follows.

 Sl.No.

	Name of the project	Amount sanctioned  ( In Rs.)
1	Construction of Tourist facilitation Centre at Puri	19,00,88,550.00
2	Development of  beach at Shree Jagannath Dham	5,56,28,592.54
3	Development of Shree Jagannath Vishram Sthall and Amphithreatre  at Puri	21,00,01763.00
4	Ramachandi Temple	10,47,31,046.00
5	Gundicha Temple	55,88,490.00
6	Prachi River front Deuli	3,73,15,954.00
7	Maa Mangala ( Mausi Maa) Temple	21,63,101.00
	Total	60,55,17,494.54
	GST, fees  and contingency	17,99,59,506.04
	Grand Total	78,54,77,000.58

 

 

3.Out of the  estimated  Cost of Rs. 78,54,77,000.00 , only a sum of Rs. 50  crore  has been sanctioned  and a sum of  Rs. 10 crore  have been released  by Govt. of India  towards central share  for execution of the  project. This  amount  was  sanctioned  in 2015.

 

4.Out  of the balance  of Rs. 28,54,77,000.00 , only  a sum of  Rs. 3.50 crore  will be met out  of the fund sanctioned  and placed with the  collector, Puri  dt. 25.2.15.

 

5.Remaining balance  of Rs. 25,04,77,000.00    was sanctioned  from Tourism Dept.

 

6.The  project  implementing agency  i.e., ITDC Ltd.   has produced  UC  ( Utilisation Certificate)  of Rs. 3,76,34,713.00  as on 31.3.20.

 

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-22.3.21