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It will generate employment opportunities and strengthen the economic development of the KBK region,” Dharmendra said while addressing the gathering in Rayagada. Last year an LPG bottling plant’s foundation stone was laid in Balangir and now for Rayagada. The proposed bottling plant, which will come up at Pitamahal situated on the outskirts of Rayagada town, will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 91 crore. In Rayagada district, 96,000 consumers have been provided LPG under the scheme and soon th number will touch 1 lakh.”In 2014, there were 378 LPG distributors in Odisha but the number has increased to 885 in past five years. In Rayagada district there will be 17 more LPG distributors, adding to the existing four, he added.Later in the day, while addressing a gathering at Semiliguda in Koraput district, Dharmendra accused the state government of neglecting education and health sectors in the tribal district.However, BJD spokesperson Rabi Narayan Nanda refuted the allegations as baseless..