The petition, filed by RTI activist Prakash Chandra Das, sought High Court’s intervention and direction to free the busy road from squatting for hassle-free movement of pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Anu Garg will assume charge after the incumbent Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja retires on December 31.
Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Manoj Ahuja, a native of Haryana and former Union agriculture and farmers’ welfare secretary, assumed charge as the new Chief Secretary of Odisha on Sunday.
The Odisha government admitted that the boundaries of over 100 villages at the state's border could not be determined.
