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 Orissa High Court has pulled up the authorities in Odisha’s Nayagarh district in rejecting the ex-gratia compensation payment to a family which lost their sole breadwinner to landslide way back in 2013 by observing that “welfare state is required to act rationally and the policies are required to be reasonable”.
Taking cognizance of the recent suicide of a female student over sexual harassment in a college in Balasore, an incident that has snowballed into a major controversy, the School and Mass Education Department of the State Government has asked the district authorities to ensure the safety and well-being of women employees at workplaces and create a secure environment for students, especially girls, in schools.
With the urban areas growing across the State amid the construction of concrete buildings, leading to a reduction in green spaces in cities, the Odisha Government has embarked on a drive to promote rooftop gardening through innovative technologies.
The State Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment Department and Skymet Weather Services Private Limited signed an MoU on Thursday for the implementation of the Weather Information Network Data System (WINDS) project.
The Opposition BJD and Congress squarely blamed the state machinery for the utter chaos during the chariot-pulling procession on the Grand Road in the pilgrim town.
