Bhubaneswar: The government has formed a special city infrastructure development and beautification committee to prepare the city for the upcoming Men's Hockey World Cup.

The committee will hold periodic meeting and fix details of infrastructure work that would be taken up. It will also look after maintenance of the city's beatification drive that includes plantation drives and wall paintings.

It includes members from the public works department, housing and urban development department, police, Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), civic body, development authority and the Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (Cesu).

"We have seven months to prepare for the event. We need to accomplish some major task. This committee will help monitor the job at the top level," said a housing and urban development official.

Sources said the top officials of the agencies, who have been inducted into the committee, will look after respective work assigned to the respective departments.

The works department and Idco will look after the infrastructure work, while the police will make security arrangements.

The civic body and the development authority will coordinate with each other and look after possible eviction drives, take up plantation and wall painting drives, and cleaning and sanitation. Cesu will ensure that the ongoing underground cabling work is completed before November.

"We will fix timelines for all activities and accordingly take up the work. We need to make our work more specific to achieve the deadlines. All the agencies will work in tandem and ensure that the city is ready before time," said mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.

Kharavela Nagar resident Sukanta Patra said the city had earned laurels for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship and the Men's Hockey World League. "Hosting the world cup will be a big moment. The administration needs to prove their worth now," said the shopkeeper.