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Induction workshop for councillors and city leaders held

Berhampur: An induction workshop for the councillors and city leaders (Mission Shakti SHGs) of Ganjam, Rayagada, Boudh, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts was held under the chairmanship of director municipal administration Sangramjit Nayak recently at MKCG auditorium, here. The primary objective of the induction workshop was to sensitise the participants on the need and relevance of…

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Usha Devi

Minister urges ULB representatives to scale up urban initiatives

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development Minister Usha Devi inaugurated a state-level workshop-cum-orientation for elected representatives of ULBs at Lok Seva Bhawan on Wednesday. The chairman, vice-chairman and councillors of 12 ULBs from five districts – Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara attended. Speaking on the occasion, she said: “Together we can scale up our initiatives…

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ULB engineers

Orientation programme for engineers to build climate resilient urban infra

Bhubaneswar: In order to make urban Odisha climate resilient, the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department organised a one-day orientation programme for the engineers of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) here recently. Inaugurating the programme, G. Mathi Vathanan, Principal Secretary, H&UD department to focus more on various urban infra projects such as JAGA Mission, MUKTA, water…

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Usha Devi

‘Housing for all’ initiative for urban poor of Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UD) has started an initiative “Housing for All Policy” especially for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) beneficiaries in urban areas of Odisha. Under this initiative, Odisha Urban Housing Mission (OUHM) has developed a transparent and professionally managed web-based software solution as well as an android based mobile app…

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Mapping of urban water bodies

Two-day training on mapping and developing urban water bodies

Bhubaneswar: A two-day training programme on mapping and developing urban water bodies was organised here on May 12 and 13. The Housing and Urban Development Department in collaboration with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) conducted the training programme for corporators, ward officers, municipal engineers, city mission managers and community organisers and trained them about…

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ITIs take up maintenance work of equipment, vehicles of Urban Local Bodies

Bhubaneswar: The departments of Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) and Skill Development and Technical Education, Govt. of Odisha have come together for strengthening the Wealth Centres in the ULBs functioning under the decentralised solid waste management under 5T initiative. Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed on Thursday between the Directorate of Municipal Administration and Directorate…

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