Bhubaneswar (Kalinga Voice) : The state government has Constituted Project Advisory Committee for EKAMRA PLAN SCHEME under the chairmanship of Santrupt Mishra .
The state government has launched a special scheme called “Ekamra Plan” under the Works Department for development of Ekamra Kshetra in Old Town, Bhubaneswar. For this project, an area of about 80 acres has been identified around the Lingaraj Temple. In the project area, a large number of monuments are located.
This project area has a large number of holy tanks and water bodies including Bindu Sagar. State Government proposes to take up a comprehensive plan for development of this project area. The plan will include interventions for conservation and revival of the monuments, development of amenities for devotees and pilgrims pedestrianization of the project area, and diverting the traffic to the periphery of the project area. For this reason the State Government has constituted a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) to steer, guide and coordinate various matters related to implementation of the projects Under the Chairmanship of Sri Mishra . The Other members are Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Works Department , Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Endowment Commissioner, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI,Bhubaneswar Circle, Additional Secretary Law, In charge of Shree Lingaraj Temple Administration, D.C.P Bhubaneswar Urban District, Director, Department of Culture/ State Archaeology, Managing Director, OBCC(Member Convenor), Collector Khurda, Padma Vibhushan Sudarshan Sahoo( Sculptor Member) , Five persons including three persons amongst the Sevaks of the Temple and two (2) persons who are eminent personalities in the field of Heritage/Culture as nominated by the Government, and Another two (2) persons having experience of conservation of monuments, preferably with experience in ASI/ State Archaeology.
The Chairman of the Committee can invite any official or expert or member of public for discussion on the issues related to the project or to participate in the meeting.
The meetings of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) will be called at regular intervals to finalize various issues related to development of the project area. All plans, projects, interventions, and initiatives in the project area will be approved by this Committee.
