Bhubaneswar: Solid Waste Management (SWM) is one of the most important activities of an ULB, considering this the principal secretary Housing & Urban Development department G Mathi Vathanan has envisaged some activities under community based monitoring for better service delivery. A set of activities have been proposed which aims at empowerment of community and community…
Bhubaneswar: A one-day state-level orientation of MUKTA coordinators and community organisers (COs) was held at Lok seva Bhawan here recently. G. Mathi Vathanan, principal secretary H&UD department addressed the participants and urged them to strive to achieve speed and scale without negotiating quality and transparency in the implementation of MUKTA. He too directed all the…
Berhampur: Housing & Urban Development department organised a cluster review meeting of ULBs of Ganjam, Rayagada, Boudh, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts at KMCG Auditorium here on Wednesday. Principal secretary, H&UD dept, G Mathi Vathanan chaired the meeting. Around 450 participants including PD, DUDA, addl. commissioners, executive officers, engineers and professionals of all the local bodies…
Bhubaneswar: The International Water Association (IWA) has announced the establishment of an advisory board and task force for its Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative, to provide guidance, feedback and direction on the initiative’s priorities, activities and performance. G Mathi Vathanan, principal secretary, Housing & Urban Development has been included as one of the Advisors of the…
Bhubaneswar: In order to have a better understanding of the Jaga Mission programme, 16 IAS officers from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat and Maharashtra were on a visit to Odisha recently as part of Bharat Darshan programme. Jaga Mission,“world’s largest slum titling programme” focuses on empowerment of urban poor by providing land rights and upgrading slums…
Bhubaneswar: In a global recognition for “MUKTA” – the urban wage employment scheme under the 5T initiative, the Housing & Urban Development department of the state government is selected as one of the winners of the 2021-2022 World Resources Institute (WRI), Ross Centre Prize for Cities. The winners were announced at Prize for Cities event…
Bhubaneswar: Nobel laureate in Economics Prof. Michael Kremer visited Puri and Bhubaneswar last week to understand the impact of Government of Odisha’s flagship programme ‘Drink from Tap Mission’. Michael Robert Kremer is an American development economist who is University Professor in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago. A five-member team led by…
Bhubaneswar: A three-month certificate course on “Sanitation Value Chain in Urban Odisha” for TULIP interns started here on Thursday. The launch of the first training module on Solid Waste Management (SWM) by Odisha Water Academy in partnership with Urban Management Centre (UMC) was inaugurated by G Mathi Vathanan, principal secretary H&UD. Speaking on the occasion…
