The spending in the infrastructure development sector in the State has been quite high. This was revealed at an All-Secretaries Meet held at the State Secretariat here on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra. Additional Chief Secretary, Finance UN Behera presented the State Plan expenditure statistics at the meeting. The spending in the infrastructure sector has jacked up to Rs 1,709.76 crore by the end of November 2013 from Rs 1,003.99 crore by the end of November 2012, registering a Rs 706 crore-hike. The State Plan spending has posted a 23.68 per cent rise in comparison to last year. This expenditure has gone up to Rs 9,002.16 crore by the end of November 2013 against Rs 7,278.82 crore during the corresponding period last year. The spending in the Department of Urban Development (DoUD), which is a major infrastructure sector, has gone up to Rs 623.06 crore by November-end, which was a paltry Rs 188.96 crore during the last year’s corresponding period. The Department of Works (DoW) has turned out to be a major spending department with Rs 552 crore spent by the end of November 2013, which was Rs 360 crore by the end of November 2012. While the DoW would spend Rs 1,400 crore during the entire year, it has targeted to go in for a bigger plan of Rs 2,500 core in 2014-15, said sources. And during next five years, the DoW would be spending Rs 15,000 crore for development of roads and bridges. The Department of Water Resources’ (DoWR) spending has also increased to Rs 1,180 crore by the end of November 2013, which was Rs 969 crore during corresponding period of 2012. Similarly, the Energy sector spending has gone up to Rs 215.12 crore by November 2013-end, which was Rs 117.85 crore by the end of November 2012. However, the spending in the Department of Rural Development (DoRD) has gone down to Rs 319.94 crore by the end of November 2013, which was Rs 337.25 crore by November 2012-end.
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