Chief Minister has ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident and assured strict action against anyone found guilty of negligence that may have led to the fire.
As the BJP Government in the State completed 500 days of coming to power, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday approved 33 industrial projects worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore with the massive investment likely to generate 66,000 employment opportunities.
The Chief Minister has also urged all to move ahead in unity and maintain peace and order, to preserve the glory of Cuttack city.
The chief minister laid the foundation of 27 different industrial projects, including SUM Lifesciences, to be established across 12 districts in remote mode at a function organised at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) campus here.
Majhi said the State Government is keen on strengthening ties with European countries as ambassadors of Romania, Slovenia, and Malta, besides a delegate of Indian 2000-2001 batch Foreign Service (IFS) Officers called on him here today.
Governor Raghubar Das administered the oath of office and secrecy to Majhi, his two deputies, eight ministers of cabinet rank and five Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
The saffron party is going to form the government on its own for the first time in Odisha.
BJD supremo does not rule out the option of extending support to NDA in post-poll scenario
Patnaik who met the PM on Thursday in Delhi during his visit to the national capital, discussed various key issues of his state.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on the first day of his Japan visit on Wednesday, met Nippon Steel Corporation President Eiji Hashimoto in Tokyo and discussed the company's plan to build one of the world's largest steel plants in his state along with ArcelorMittal.
