Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has approved the project proposal report (PPR) for the development of the Bhubaneswar-Kataka-Puri-Paradeep Economic Region (BKPPER). The meeting of the State-Level Project Monitoring Committee (SLPMC), chaired by Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Monday discussed taking the ambitious project forward under the External Aided Projects framework. The BKPPER has been selected as one of the four pilot city economic regions under the Centre’s City Economic Region (CER) initiative. The project aims to transform Bhubaneswar, Kataka, Puri and Paradeep into an integrated economic region by accelerating investments, industrial growth, tourism, logistics, port-led industries, the knowledge economy and employment generation. The proposed economic region will cover 19 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across the districts of Khordha, Kataka, Puri and Jagatsinghpur.