Kendrapada: Kendrapada administration has recently procured 760 cubic feet of sal wood from the forest department of Telkoi in Keonjhar for constructing chariots for Rath Yatra celebrations at Baladevjew temple next month.“We paid only Rs 11,621 as royalty amount to the Keonjhar forest department for procuring the wood,” Balabhadra Patri, the executive officer of the 300-year-old temple.The proposed 64-ft-high rath, expected to be the state’s second biggest wooden chariot after the one in Puri temple, will be built by around 45 carpenters. “Out of the chariot’s 14 wheels, we will build four new wheels and use old 10 wheels. We will also use old timber of the chariot to build some portions of the rath,” Patri added.“The construction work of the three chariots in Puri began on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya on April 30. Our chariot construction has been delayed for three weeks due to the delay in the arrival of sal wood from Keonjhar. We will start the construction work on May 23 and all artisans are determined to complete the work before Rath Yatra on June 27,” he said.