The High Court initiated a suo motu PIL to examine the lack of accountability and mechanism for compensation for deaths due to negligence of civic bodies.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought reports from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) in the matter related to functioning of unhygienic and illegal slaughterhouses in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) will conduct a dog census after the state government asked for dogs’ data from all the civic bodies across the state. The agency will count the dogs and provide the data including the approximate age of dogs in each ward, sex wise data, the number of sterile and non-sterile dogs, lactating, sick, injured dogs etc. This data will give the idea that in which area the dog population is increasing.
"Following the attack, the e-Nagarpalika portal has been shut till Tuesday. Civic bodies have been told to work offline till the restoration of the system," said Neeraj Mandloi, the Principal Secretary of the state s Urban Administration and Housing Department.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Saturday, said that when the government was sensitive towards the problems of the people, it actively listens to the concerns of poor and weak people.
While addressing the Chief Minister Mass Marriage ceremony of 1,500 couples at Mahant Digvijaynath Park in