The Odisha Government has decided to conduct a comprehensive survey in drinking water deficient urban pockets in the state to streamline the potable water system and tide over the seasonal water shortage.
Demanding revised pay at par with Central pay structure, the doctors had gone ahead with two-hour OPD boycott from yesterday after the several rounds of talks between the government and doctors had failed.
It’s pertinent to note here that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on January 17 last year between the Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Surbana Jurong Infrastructure PTE Limited, during the State Visit of the President of Singapore to India.
A high-level meeting held here on Wednesday deliberated over expeditious completion of Gangua Nala (canal) Improvement Project, considering the fact that the canal that connects the Kuakhai and Daya rivers flowing through Bhubaneswar city, is severely polluted.
The government policy decision adopted on May last stated that MLAs and MPs can make recommendation of transfer to the district collector for disposal of the same by the District Level Transfer Committee (DLTC), an official letter sent to the Director of Secondary Education and the Director of Elementary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
The current year reported the death of 82 workers till August last, while 120 migrant labourers died in 2024.
A Division Bench of the High Court sought the implementation of the technical and operational guidelines-2022, framed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
In a letter addressed to all Additional Chief Secretaries, all Principal Secretaries, Director General, Vigilance Directorate, Secretaries of all departments, Revenue Divisional Commissioners and Collectors, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja has stated that the State Government is committed to clean, transparent, and citizen-centric governance.
The meeting was chaired by Parmeshwar Funkwal, General Manager, with the principal heads of various ECoR departments in attendance.
Out of them, 260 were cardiology patients, 415 were neurology patients, 263 were under gastroenterology, 229 were under endocrinology, 231 were under nephrology, and 6 were treated through laparoscopic surgery.
