As many as 59 free buses from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack left for Kolkata on Sunday night after rail services were halted on in Odisha in view of the triple train tragedy in Balasore that claimed 275 lives.
"Keeping in view the greater benefit of the commuters CM Naveen Patnaik has announced free bus service to Kolkata from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from today," the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO) Odisha said.
"The next of kin of the deceased will get the assistance of Rs 5 lakh and those who sustained serious injuries will get Rs 1 lakh as assistance," the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO) Odisha said.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday reviewed the targets and achievements of three departments including Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation and Health & Family Welfare Department, during the last four years and the fulfilment of the assurances given in the mani
Addressing the party workers in Bhubaneswar, the BJD president said, "It's not important if it is a single-engine or double-engine government. What's important from the people's point of view is that there should be good governance. Pro-people governance always wins."
Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Patnaik said, "Ours is a known friendship and we were colleagues many years ago. No discussion was held on any alliances today. Land in Puri is being given free of cost to the Bihar government to build a Bihar Bhawan there."
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik virtually welcomed over 30 newly recruited officers who joined the state Handloom, Textiles and Handicrafts Department, and said that they that have come through a fair and transparent process under the 5-T framework of governance.
The chief minister is accompanied by a high-level delegation including the state minister of Industries, MSME, and energy, the chief secretary, and several other top officials.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik discussed the use of similar green technologies for the plants coming up in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts, according to the statement of the Chief Minister's Office released on Thursday.
In his letter, CM Patnaik stated, "I would like to draw your kind attention to the fact that Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur Section of NH-55 from 0.400 KM to 0265.000 KM to 4-lane carriageway is being carried out by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) since