India, March 13 -- Centre approved a project to set up a modern fish market worth Rs 50 Crore in Bhubaneswar, informed Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on her official Facebook handle.

"I am delighted to inform that Rs 50 crore worth of the MODERN FISH MARKET Project has been approved TODAY by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying,Govt of India, for Bhubaneswar. Grateful to the Double Engine Sarkar!," she wrote.

In September 2014, the BJP MP had requested Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi seeking his support for the proposed state-of-art project in Bhubaneswar. Pursuant to a meeting between Sarangi and Majhi, a detailed project report (DPR) was prepared and the state government identified 5.80 acre land at Pa...