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Hans India
04-08-2025
- Hans India
Roadmap to preserve Puri's heritage
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to formulate an integrated roadmap to preserve the spiritual and cultural heritage of pilgrim town Puri, while simultaneously enhancing urban infrastructure in the region. A high level meeting chaired by Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development department, on Friday discussed plans for the establishment of a world class Sri Jagannath Museum, Library and Cultural Research Centre in Puri. The meeting focused on drafting a comprehensive roadmap that will be submitted to the appropriate authorities for approval and further action. 'Our efforts aim to honour the sanctity of Puri and promote its rich heritage in line with the vision of Viksit Odisha,' said Padhee. This initiative is part of the State government's larger mission to foster cultural pride, safeguard historical legacies and transform urban spaces. Padhee said a detailed project plan will now be developed and submitted to higher authorities. The meeting was attended by Tourism Secretary Balwant Singh, Municipal Administration Director Arindam Dakua, Puri Collector Dibya Jyoti Parida, Odisha Bridge and Construction Corporation (OBCC) Managing Director Sameeir Hota and Sri Jagannath Temple Administrator (Development) Debabrata Sahoo.
Hans India
27-07-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Welfare package announced for sanitation workers
Welfare package announced for sanitation workers OdishaChief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday announced a life insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh for sanitation workers, and a compensation of Rs 30 lakh if they lose their lives on duty. Majhi made the announcement after inaugurating a two-day national workshop on 'Transforming Core Sanitation Work -- Safety, Dignity & Inclusion', organised by the Housing and Urban Development department of the Odisha government. 'It is our moral responsibility to provide sanitation workers justice, safety and dignity,' he said, addressing the programme. 'Key sanitation workers, mostly engaged in cleaning sewage and septic tanks, will be provided with life insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh, assistance of Rs 30 lakh for loss of life in the field,' he said. They will also be given mobile phones and allotted houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), he added. Majhi said a 15-day Statewide campaign will be held from August 15 to make sanitation workers aware of the benefits. He said the Jagannath culture also spreads the message of cleanliness. The Chef Minister said the Odisha government's social welfare scheme for sanitation workers, Garima Yojana, has been an inspiration for many States. He said more than 10,000 sanitation workers from 115 cities and towns of the State have been identified for the benefits. 'Today's workshop is an important platform. From this platform, sanitation workers from different States can learn a lot from each other's experiences,' he said. Representatives of seven States were participating in it. On this occasion, the Chief Minister inaugurated an exhibition of modern equipment related to sanitation work. He also felicitated some sanitation workers. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Majhi said it was Modi who launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on August 15, 2014, envisioning sanitation in every household as a prerequisite for India's social and economic development.
New Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
ULB-level grievance drive to begin in Odisha today
BHUBANESWAR: The Housing and Urban Development department will launch a five-day special drive from Monday to resolve grievances of citizens at the urban local bodies level. The drive will continue till July 25. It will focus on prompt redressal of complaints from citizens received through multiple platforms including the Jana Sunani portal, Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) and ULB-level helpdesks. H&UD officials said all commissioners of municipal corporations and executive officers of municipalities and NACs have been directed to mobilise teams and streamline grievance-handling mechanisms to ensure that all backlog grievances are addressed within the said period. 'The main objective of the special drive is to promptly address grievances related to sanitation, water supply, street lighting, drainage, waste management, building plan approvals and other civic services and restore public trust in good governance,' said an official from the department. He said the department has instructed the civic bodies to submit an action taken report (ATR) by July 29 on the drive highlighting the number of grievances resolved, system-level improvements made, and citizen feedback received.
New Indian Express
17-07-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Odisha moots ‘Samrudha Sahara' to transform cities
BHUBANESWAR: The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday approved 13 proposals including the 'Samrudha Sahara' scheme to transform cities into growth hubs with an allocation of Rs 4,879 crore. The Housing and Urban Development department's Samrudha Sahara scheme will aim at promoting planned urbanisation and balanced regional development across the state, chief secretary Manoj Ahuja told mediapersons after the cabinet meeeting. He said the scheme is a part of the Viksit Odisha-2036 vision and designed to transform cities into engines of economic progress.
New Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Capital city to perform better in cleanliness ranking this yr: BMC
The Smart City, Patil said, is also a zero landfill city, meaning all the waste generated in a day is being collected, segregated and processed without adding to the legacy waste. 'The wet and dry waste segregation has remained more than 90 per cent,' Patil said and added that these factors will contribute to the city's improved ranking in Swachh Survekshan this year. Apart from Bhubaneswar, both Aska and Chikiti have been selected as the Presidential Awardees for performing well in the cleanliness survey. In 2023 Awards, Chikiti NAC had been ranked 12 among cities having population below one lakh. The other two categories of the award for 2024 include Super Swachh League Cities and Ministerial Awardee (Special Category). However, no city or town from Odisha has figured in these two categories. Officials, however, said the Super Swachh League was for the cities that have consistently figured among top 10 in the last five years, while the Ministerial special category competition is for Gangetic towns, cantonments, special purpose vehicles (SPVs), etc. The cities will be presented the awards at a special function to be held in New Delhi on July 17. The city rankings are also likely to be announced on that day, said an official from the Housing and Urban Development department. Swachh Progress Bhubaneswar to get Ministerial Award category (state-level) in SwachhSurvekshan 2024 The state capital had improved its position to 34 in 2023 from 80 in 2022 Bio-mining, setting up of a 150 TPD dry waste processing unit, zero landfill and over 90% waste segregation expected to work big for the city this time
