Odisha has 26 cold stores, of which four are in a dysfunctional state, while 14 districts out of 30 revenue districts do not have a functional cold store, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo told the Assembly on Wednesday in a written reply.
As a result, these Centres are functioning either in rented houses or in makeshift accommodation.
While the annual budget for 2025-26 is pegged at Rs 2.90 lakh crore, the supplementary outlay aims to meet the “needs and expectations of a welfare state” by supporting critical projects, accommodating changes in central funding patterns, and recouping advances from the Odisha Contingency Fund.
A total of 13,09,250 educated youths have registered their names in different District Skill Development-cum-Employment Offices till 31 October this year.
Odisha recorded as many as 27,167 road accident fatalities in the past five years at an annual average of 5,433 deaths, while 50,041 people were injured during the same period, the Odisha Assembly was informed on Friday.
The decision to withdraw the decision came in the wake of journalists boycotting the House proceedings.
Proceedings of the Odisha assembly were disrupted for the third day in a row on Wednesday as ruckus continued over the Opposition’s demand for action against Governor Raghubar Das's son for allegedly assaulting a government official earlier this month.
Septuagenarian Patnaik, who ruled the State uninterruptedly since 2000 before losing out to a resurgent BJP in 2024, never sat in the Opposition benches.
The demands of the SJAO included among other things provision of pensions for retired journalists.
During Question Hour, the BJP members of the Assembly staged a protest with placards inside the house. As the uproar continued, the Speaker adjourned the House till 4 pm. Accusing the Congress of demeaning the President, the BJP demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi from Rahul Gandhi.
