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Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi connected Monday (January 12, 2026) laid the instauration for an ultra-modern campus, which would location the State Secretariat and a caller 300-seat-capacity Odisha Legislative Assembly building, which volition beryllium constructed successful enactment with the Central Vista project.
“Spread implicit 71.13 acres, the field volition location some the Lok Seva Bhavan (secretariat) and the State Legislative Assembly. Keeping the delimitation successful mind, the Legislative Assembly volition beryllium expanded to 300 seats. An estimated ₹3,623 crore has been earmarked for this project,” said the State Government successful a statement.
Speaking astatine the instauration laying ceremony, Mr. Majhi said, “you are alert that the existing Odisha Legislative Assembly gathering has go old. Following the delimitation of constituencies, the fig of seats successful the State Assembly is expected to summation from the contiguous 147. The existent House has the capableness to accommodate lone 2 oregon 3 further members.”
“While determination is nary authoritative confirmation yet, it is being wide discussed that the spot of the Assembly could yet emergence to astir 200 members. We are not constructing an Assembly gathering simply for the adjacent decennary oregon two. The thought down designing a House with a capableness of 300 members is to expect imaginable changes implicit the adjacent 100 years,” helium pointed out.
Mr. Majhi informed, “in enactment with the Central Vista project, nether which the caller Parliament gathering was constructed, we person taken a forward-looking measurement to physique a caller Legislative Assembly for Odisha. The projected gathering volition beryllium a majestic structure.”
State Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said the existing State Secretariat was constructed decades ago, with respective further buildings added implicit the years to accommodate the increasing workforce. He noted that the Secretariat analyzable has outlived its structural durability and that immoderate of the buildings would, by now, suffice to beryllium declared unsafe.
“Keeping aboriginal requirements successful mind, a caller Secretariat gathering volition beryllium constructed wrong the aforesaid campus,” Mr. Harichandan said.
On this occasion, Odisha CM besides laid the instauration chromatic for a caller elevated corridor from Jayadev Vihar to Nandankanan, astatine an estimated outgo of ₹952 crore.
“As portion of this project, 4 flyovers volition beryllium constructed astatine Jayadev Vihar Square, Kalinga Hospital Square, Damana Square, and KIIT Square. This volition amended postulation absorption connected 1 of the busiest roads successful the State and alteration the wide nationalist to commute much conveniently successful little time,” State Government said.
