The collected wet materials will be processed at the recently-opened micro compost centre of the municipality.
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BHAWANIPATNA: Giving a ‘smart’ makeover to solid waste management, Bhawanipatna Municipality has flagged off 20 e-rickshaws. Funded under the Swachh Bharat Mission, six battery-operated e-rickshaws have been rolled out in the first phase with an investment of ` 16 lakhs with 20 other rickshaws in the pipeline.
The rickshaws, manned by members of women self-help groups (SHGs), were unveiled by Leader of Opposition Pradipta Kumar Naik. “Each rickshaw will collect dry and wet waste from 600 households in two separate compartments attached to it. Maintenance and salaries of the lady drivers and helpers, who are undergoing training, will be paid from user fees collected from households and returns from the waste processing units,” said Biswambar Mishra, executive officer of Bhawanipatna Municipality.
BHUBANESWAR: Politics over paddy procurement turned murkier with leaders of the ruling BJD and BJP engaging in a war of words over it.
As the opposition BJP launched a protest march in Sambalpur on Thursday against the Naveen Patnaik government against gross irregularities in paddy procurement, the ruling BJD on Friday hit back at the BJP saying the opposition’s tactics is to divert attention from farmers’ agitation in New Delhi. Addressing a news conference here, BJD spokesperson Shreemayee Mishra said not a single grain of paddy of genuine farmers will be left for procurement and the BJD government guarantees this.
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BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa high court has turned down the state government’s request to appoint a sitting judge of the court to monitor an SIT probe into the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh district in July last year, according to an RTI reply.
On November 28 last year, the state home department’s special secretary, Santosh Bala, had written to the registrar general of the high court about the government’s decision for an HC-monitored SIT probe into the Nayagarh case. In the letter, the government had requested the Chief Justice to accord permission to monitor the SIT probe by a sitting judge of the high court.
ENC holds Day at Sea for lawmakers from Odisha
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Four ships from ENC take part in the programme
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Four ships from ENC take part in the programme
Eastern Naval Command organised a Day at Sea for members of Odisha Legislative Assembly, off Paradip coast, on Tuesday. The event was organised by the ENC, as part of its 50 years of victory of the 1971 Indo-Pak War.About 90 MLAs, one MP along with officials from the State and district administration embarked four major combat ships of the Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet. The event was organised with strict adherence to all COVID-19 protocols.