Odisha signs Rs 1,000 cr pact for Gopalpur desalination plant

Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (UNI) The Odisha Government has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a Rs 1,000-crore desalination project at Gopalpur, the State's first public-private partnership (PPP) venture of its kind. The tripartite agreement was signed by the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), IFC and the State PPP Cell at the 66th meeting of the Empowered Committee on Infrastructure for PPP Projects, chaired by Chief Secretary Anu Garg at the State Secretariat on Thursday. The project is part of Odisha's collaboration with IFC to develop a pipeline of viable PPP ventures across sectors, including urban…