India, May 25 -- Odisha's Sambalpur city will be developed as a mega municipal corporation in the coming days, said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today.

According to the Union Minister, the government will take the necessary steps to develop roads, drinking water supply, healthcare and sanitation facility in Sambalpur city.

"The BJP governments at the Centre and state will develop Sambalpur into a modern city with necessary infrastructure including better roads, drinking water supply, healthcare and sanitation facility. We are committed to make Sambalpur a mega municipal corporation in the coming days," said Pradhan while inaugurating a railway overbridge at Durgapali in the western Odisha city.

Pradhan, the Lok Sabha MP ...