Bhubaneswar gets Central Public Works Department zonal office

BHUBANESWAR: The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the premier construction agency of the Union government, set up a zonal office in city's Pokhariput recently, a senior CPWD officer said. The agency has been engaged in the construction of several flagship projects such as IIT Bhubaneswar, ITBP campus in Khurda and Central University of Orissa. Till now, the Odisha work of the agency was controlled from the zonal office at Patna.
Sansar Pattanayak has joined as the first chief engineer of the zone. The new zone shall look after the construction and maintenance activities of all central government departments, PSUs as well as central-sponsored schemes in Odisha. It is expected that construction and infrastructure development activities in the state shall get a further boost as the zonal office will fasten planning and decision-making initiatives.