Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid foundation stones for a state-of-the-art wholesale fish market in Bhubaneswar and an integrated aqua park at Hirakud in Odisha’s Sambalpur district.

The Prime Minister laid foundations for the twin projects through videoconference from New Delhi.

The modern fish market will come up on around six acres of land at Pandra in the capital city under the Pradhan Mantri Matshya Sampad Yojana (PMMSY) with an allocation of Rs 59.13 crore.

The Centre has allocated Rs 30 crore for the project while the state government will provide Rs 29.13 crore.

The project will be jointly executed by the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), said the state government in statement.

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