berhampur the maharaja krushna chandra gajapati mkcg research library of berhampur municipal corporation bmc will soon get a facelift with modern facilities the odisha society of the americas osa an association of odias residing in the us has provided rs 20 lakh for the purpose the society donated the amount to the chief ministers relief fund about eight months ago the selection process delayed the project initially the municipal public library was picked for modernization but it could not be taken up due to space crunch after having a discussion with osa officials we zeroed in on mkcg research library said commissioner of the corporation manoj mohanty the work will begin after the corporation approves the project in its next meeting he said the library at kc town high school road here was established in 1992 however it was closed down after some years according to osa the new setup will have a computer room with 12 computers and highspeed internet connection a community hall with seating capacity of 100 people and a reading room that can accommodate 50 the wellfurnished library will have ebooks an elibrary is being planned to attract the netsavvy younger generation said s n padhy who is coordinating with the corporation and osa members for implementation of the project bibliophiles in the town have hailed the concept it will give the muchneeded boost to the library movement said rabi mohapatra professor in library science at a private institute padhy said the osa member initially wanted to extend help for repair and restoration of libraries damaged in the cyclone phailin that hit the town on october 12 2013 since the repair work was taken up through other sources they thought of introducing modern technology he said the society has provided another rs 4 lakh for modernization and improvement of two other libraries sashibhusan pathagarh and sadhana pathagarh corporation sources said