Odisha Construction Corporation

The Odisha Construction Corporation (OCC) (formerly known as Orissa Construction Corporation) is a premier Government of Odisha undertaking. Established in the year 1962 under the then Indian National Congress government of Biju Patnaik(fourth Chief Minister of Odisha) to undertake specialised civil and mechanical construction works hence creating an infrastructure base in the state of Odisha. The corporation was instituted under the third Five Year plan of the Government Odisha and was part of the 'big six' companies instituted along with the Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa, Orissa Fisheries Corporation, Orissa State Commercial Transport Corporation, Orissa Mining Corporation, Orissa Forest Corporation. It is headed by the principal secretary to government, water resources as ex-officio chairman.^[1][2][3]

The Odisha Construction Corporation is well equipped with machinery, equipment and vehicle to handle construction works and gives construction services for hydroelectric projects, irrigation projects, thermal power projects, industrial projects industrial buildings, bridges, harbors, railways and building projects.^[4]