Waste piles up as 700 sweepers in Bhubaneswar go on strike, demanding an increase in their monthly salary and to be relieved from waste segregation work. The sweeping of streets in 50 out of 67 wards in the city has been suspended.
Casual and daily labourers in Bhubaneswar stage a demonstration demanding regularisation of their jobs and benefits such as annual leave, retirement benefits, and maternity leave.
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has fined a private construction company ₹1 lakh for dumping soil along a 4km stretch from Khandagiri Square to Airport Square. Learn more about the penalty and the rules regarding waste disposal in Bhubaneswar.
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 168 yellow spots in the city that have turned into urinating points. BMC plans to construct public toilets in these spots to curb the practice of urinating in the open. Read more.