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Quote:NITI Aayog to help Odisha prepare blueprint of metropolitan region

The region will include metro, a new satellite city on the outskirts of the capital as well as advanced urban infrastructure and facilities.

Sudarsan Maharana
Updated on:
27 Feb 2025, 9:02 pm

BHUBANESWAR: The NITI Aayog will help the state government prepare a blueprint of the metropolitan development region spanning the coastal belt of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Paradip and Puri.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the budget this year had announced plans for establishing the metropolitan development region covering 7,000 sq km and encompassing Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Jatni, Cuttack, Paradip and Puri to give a push to the state’s urban coverage which at present comprises just about 17 per cent.

Sources in the H&UD department said the 7,000 sq km region will also be known as Greater Bhubaneswar region. It will be a large geographical area covering multiple cities with shared infrastructure and transportation network. The region will include metro, a new satellite city on the outskirts of the capital as well as advanced urban infrastructure and facilities.

The area will also be developed as sustainable economic hub with industries, services, education and health for provisioning better employment opportunities as well as improving living standards of the people. It will be developed on the lines of other metropolitan development regions like Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Pune and Nashik, the sources said.

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“The Aayog has asked us to provide available data on district population, current status of industries, projects in the pipeline and the annual budget size and expenditure. The data will be used to prepare the blueprint for systematic implementation of the upcoming projects to realise government’s plan of developing a metropolitan development region,” said Khurda collector Chanchal Rana.
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Quote:NITI Aayog to help Odisha prepare blueprint of metropolitan region

The region will include metro, a new satellite city on the outskirts of the capital as well as advanced urban infrastructure and facilities.

Sudarsan Maharana
Updated on:
27 Feb 2025, 9:02 pm

BHUBANESWAR: The NITI Aayog will help the state government prepare a blueprint of the metropolitan development region spanning the coastal belt of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Paradip and Puri.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the budget this year had announced plans for establishing the metropolitan development region covering 7,000 sq km and encompassing Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Jatni, Cuttack, Paradip and Puri to give a push to the state’s urban coverage which at present comprises just about 17 per cent.

Sources in the H&UD department said the 7,000 sq km region will also be known as Greater Bhubaneswar region. It will be a large geographical area covering multiple cities with shared infrastructure and transportation network. The region will include metro, a new satellite city on the outskirts of the capital as well as advanced urban infrastructure and facilities.

The area will also be developed as sustainable economic hub with industries, services, education and health for provisioning better employment opportunities as well as improving living standards of the people. It will be developed on the lines of other metropolitan development regions like Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Pune and Nashik, the sources said.

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“The Aayog has asked us to provide available data on district population, current status of industries, projects in the pipeline and the annual budget size and expenditure. The data will be used to prepare the blueprint for systematic implementation of the upcoming projects to realise government’s plan of developing a metropolitan development region,” said Khurda collector Chanchal Rana.
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The key points from it is as follows:

Greater Bhubaneswar Region
  • History - Currently only 419 sq km around Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Jatni
  • History - Greater Capital region (1100 sq km) was mooted in 2016 and added Cuttack
  • This plan:  adds Puri and Paradip and thus will encompass Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri and Paradip
  • It will have an area of 8500 sq km., bigger than Bengaluru (8053 sq km) and Chennai (8201 sq km)
  • Its total population is 40 lakhs now, and expected to be 50 lakhs in 10 years
  • Future plan: a New satellite city near Bhubaneswar
  • Metro train


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The key points from it is as follows:

Greater Bhubaneswar Region
  • History - Currently only 419 sq km around Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Jatni
  • History - Greater Capital region (1100 sq km) was mooted in 2016 and added Cuttack
  • This plan:  adds Puri and Paradip and thus will encompass Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri and Paradip
  • It will have an area of 8500 sq km., bigger than Bengaluru (8053 sq km) and Chennai (8201 sq km)
  • Its total population is 40 lakhs now, and expected to be 50 lakhs in 10 years
  • Future plan: a New satellite city near Bhubaneswar
  • Metro train


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