Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated a modern educational complex at Badapada in the Swabhiman area of Malkangiri district. The complex is built over an area of seven acre at a cost of around Rs 19 crore.
More than 1,000 students from Classes-I to XII will be imparted education at the complex, which has state-of-the-art facilities. The aim is to prepare the students for their future by providing them with all modern facilities.
Apart from smart classrooms, the complex is equipped with a special e-library with 3,000 books, a tribal corner, an activity room, an NCC room, a computer lab, an ICT Smart Learning Centre, a science lab and a hostel to accommodate 200 boys. There is a separate girls’ hostel to accommodate 500 students.
Speaking on this occasion, the CM said Malkangiri occupies a special place in his heart and he always loves to launch new projects in the district. All major welfare programmes including the cheap rice scheme, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) and LAccMI bus were first launched in the district, he said.
