In an exemplary punishment, the Orissa High Court has asked a tehsildar of Cuttack district to plant 50 trees as punishment for imposing a fine on an illiterate woman without hearing her case properly.While hearing a petition filed by Mita Das .
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated Sujal-Drink From Tap Mission’ for 24 hour potable water supply to the residents of Cuttack. Instead of groundwater, water from.
An artist’s impression of the revamped SCB
BHUBANESWAR: The construction work of the ambitious SCB Medical College and Hospital redevelopment project in Cuttack is likely to begin in September.
The progress of the redevelopment project, which has been taken up under the 5T initiative, was recently reviewed at a meeting chaired by state works secretary Krishan Kumar. Site issues like re-routing of electric lines, shifting of overhead tanks, demolition of vacated buildings and tree cutting and transplantation were discussed in the meeting.
Sources said as many as 41 buildings, mostly abandoned government quarters, will be demolished for the project. Among others, approval of the master plan by the Cuttack Development Authority, approval of the terms of reference of the environment impact assessment by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board were discussed in the meeting.