Rs. 78 Crore sanctioned for infrastructure development in Jagannath Dham under PRASHAD scheme

August 4, 2026
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Rs. 78 Crore  sanctioned for infrastructure  development in Jagannath Dham  under PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And
Spirituality Augmentation Drive)  Scheme  

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In 2015-16 , Govt. of
India  sanctioned  Rs. 50 crore 
and  released Rs. 10 crore infrastructure
 development in Jagannath Dham  

·        
In 2017, Govt. of  Odisha 
made  details of  budgetary 
plan  for infrastructure  development in Jagannath Dham  

·        
By December, 2020, Govt. has   been able to produce  UC of  only Rs. 3.76 
crore .

·        
As  Govt. of Odisha  has not 
utilized  the  fund  ,
Govt. of India  has not  yet 
released  total fund  sanctioned in 2015.

 Dear
friends

 RTI
Application was  filed  by Srikant Pakal to the PIO, Dept. of
Tourism, Govt. of Odisha  seeking  information about details of fund  received 
under PRASHAD  scheme  from Govt. of India  and 
details of fund  utilized  by Govt. of Odisha. On 14.12.2020, the PIO has
provided the following information.

 1.     
On 27.11.17,  the Department of Tourism  and Culture , Govt. of Odisha has made revised  administrative  approval for Infrastructure  Development 
at Puri Shree Jagannath Dham –Ramachandi-Prachi river front  at Deuli-Dhauli  under Mega Circuit ( for Nabakalebara-2015)  at an estimated  cost of 
Rs. 78,54,77,000.00 .

 2.     
Details of fund
sanctioned  for different projects under
PRASHAD Yojana is as follows.

 Sl.No.

Name
of the project

Amount
sanctioned  ( In Rs.)

1

Construction
of Tourist facilitation Centre at Puri

19,00,88,550.00

2

Development
of  beach at Shree Jagannath Dham

5,56,28,592.54

3

Development
of Shree Jagannath Vishram Sthall and Amphithreatre  at Puri

21,00,01763.00

4

Ramachandi
Temple

10,47,31,046.00

5

Gundicha
Temple

55,88,490.00

6

Prachi
River front Deuli

3,73,15,954.00

7

Maa
Mangala ( Mausi Maa) Temple

21,63,101.00

 

Total

60,55,17,494.54

 

GST,
fees  and contingency

17,99,59,506.04

 

Grand Total

78,54,77,000.58

 

 

3.Out
of the  estimated  Cost of Rs. 78,54,77,000.00 , only a sum of
Rs. 50  crore  has been sanctioned  and a sum of 
Rs. 10 crore  have been
released  by Govt. of India  towards central share  for execution of the  project. This 
amount  was  sanctioned 
in 2015.

 

4.Out  of the balance  of Rs. 28,54,77,000.00 , only  a sum of 
Rs. 3.50 crore  will be met
out  of the fund sanctioned  and placed with the  collector, Puri  dt. 25.2.15.

 

5.Remaining
balance  of Rs. 25,04,77,000.00    was sanctioned  from Tourism Dept.

 

6.The  project 
implementing agency  i.e., ITDC
Ltd.   has produced  UC  ( Utilisation
Certificate)  of Rs. 3,76,34,713.00  as on 31.3.20.

 

Pradip
Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-22.3.21