Berhampur: The mortal remains of former state assembly speaker Surjya Narayan Patro were on Sunday consigned to flames with state honours at Digapahan.
Ganjam also became the first district to cross generation of 50-lakh person days (PDs) and crossed Rs 74.28-crore expenditure in this labour intensive scheme.
BHUBANESWAR: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has provided the much-needed boost to rural employment in Ganjam during the pandemic.
The district tops the list of districts in generating person days (PDs) and money spent to undertake labour intensive works in the current financial year.
Ganjam also became the first district to cross generation of 50-lakh person days (PDs) and crossed Rs 74.28-crore expenditure in this labour intensive scheme. It achieved the milestone in only one month as actual work for the current financial year started after April 10, said an officer.
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