july 2018

ODISHA   Ama gaon: cm grants rs 3.5cr for tarbha   Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the Ama Gaon, Ama Bikash scheme and approved nearly 150 different developmental works costing Rs 3.5 crore. On the occasion, the CM said the allocated funds are for the people of Tarbha Block and sought cooperation from … Read more

ODISHA   Bhubaneswar gets centralised command control centre   Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated a Bhubaneswar Operations Centre (BOC), the city’s first centralised command control centre to monitor, operate, and control the existing services.   The command centre would keep an eye on several functions like traffic management, incident management, city surveillance, emergency … Read more

ODISHA   BDA’s no to projects in eco-sensitive zones   In the wake of waterlogging in many low-lying areas across the city, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has decided to restrict development work in environmentally sensitive zones (ESZ) demarcated in the Master Plan of Bhubaneswar. The BDA would also ask the builders and real estate … Read more

ODISHA   State govt to verify ngos’ performances   The Odisha Government has decided to verify the performances of Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) located in different places of the State.   The Minister’s reaction came following the Central Government’s report that Odisha NGOs are on the top of nonperforming ones in the country. Of the 924 … Read more

ODISHA Odisha CM Inaugurates Rs 300 Crore Irrigation Dam Project   Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated theRs 300 crore Rukura Medium Irrigation Dam project in Sundargarh district. This project will irrigate 5,800 hectares of the agricultural field. He stated that his promises to provide irrigation to an additional 10 lakh hectare of land ahead of 2014 … Read more

ODISHA   3 new cyber pss to come up in state   The Odisha police would substantially increase its capabilities to deal with cyber crimes in coming months. Three new cyber police stations would be added to increase the capacity.   The new Cyber police stations would be opened at Jeypore, Baleswar and Bhubaneswar. Other … Read more

ODISHA   Govt announcing health schemes sans facilities Without strengthening health infrastructure and public health system in Odisha, the State Government has been announcing programme after programme even without taking care of budgetary provisions.   The Government needs to lay a basic system to provide free diagnosis, free medicines and free treatments so that public … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha litterateur Ramakanta Rath receives Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman   Noted litterateur Ramakanta Rath has received Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman, Odisha’s highest literary award, for the year 2018.   The award is named after 15th century Odia poet Atibadi Jagannath Das.   Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda conferred the award on … Read more

ODISHA   CM to inaugurate gurupriya on july 26   Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would inaugurate the much-awaited Gurupriya bridge, which will serve as a lifeline for the people in the cutoff areas of Malkangiri district, on July 26   The 910-meter bridge was earlier scheduled to be inaugurated on July 18; however, it was … Read more

ODISHA   Inter-caste marriage incentive hiked to rs 2.5l   The State Government has hiked the amount it gives as an incentive to men and women who opt to marry outside their castes to Rs 2.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh to encourage more such inter-caste marriages.   The amount has been increased to keep … Read more