TWO NEW URANIUM MINES OPENED UP

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The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.124.84 Crore to Orissa for construction of over 2 lakh houses under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) in 8 cyclone-hit districts of the state. The amount is towards the first instalment during the year 2002-03.

The state had been sanctioned additional 4 lakh houses under IAY for the cyclone hit areas. The present amount released is towards the balance 2 lakh houses.

Name of the District	Targets	Amount Released (Rs.in lakh)
Balasore	20284	640.130
Bhadrak	39026	2083.535
Cuttack	58701	2303.155
Dhenkanal	12521	594.745
Ganjam	34397	1883.145
Jajpur	49431	2534.815
Khurda	19422	1068.870
Puri	34818	1373.045
Total	268600	12481.440

The grant is towards the plan expenditure and will be utilized for construction of new houses and upgradation of kutcha houses into pucca houses. The expenditure on the implementation of the programme is to be shared on 75:25 basis between the Centre and the State respectively. The State Government should release its share within a month of the date of release of the Central assistance. The State Government has be advised to submit the proposal for release of next instalment after utilizing 60% of the available resources. The permissible cost ceiling per dwelling unit is Rs.22000.