Tag: Berhampur Municipal Corporation

Berhampur: Congress corporators on Monday boycotted the general body meeting of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) after the commissioner turned down their request to call up their fellow corporator R Murli Manohar Rao, who is being grilled by the police on his alleged links with arrested former Sanakhemundi Congress MLA Ramesh Jena, to the meeting.

Berhampur: Ahead of the proposed ban on plastic bags in parts of Odisha from October 2, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has started imparting training to women self help groups and a transgender batch on making cotton bags. About 100 women are taking training on making cotton bags which will be required after imposition of […]

Berhampur: The district administration has decided to come to the aid of students who have lost their homes and property in a major fire that broke out two days ago in a slum area near Khaza street in Berhampur. With the exam season approaching, the students were worried that they might have to give their […]

Berhampur: The former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), Siba Shankar Das, was arrested for allegedly grabbing land of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Ganjam district, police said on Friday. Das, a BJP leader, had allegedly grabbed land in Golanthara police station area, the police said. “He was picked up from his house at […]

Berhampur: Cutting across party lines, corporators of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) have expressed concern over the slow progress of the World Bank-aided Odisha Disaster Recovery Project (ODRP) worth Rs 180 crore in this south Odisha city. The project includes development of 85 slum pockets, repair and widening of major and interconnecting road stretching across 7.60 […]

Following delay in construction of houses under Integrated Housing and Slum Development Project (IHSDP), Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities have directed the contractors to complete the work in next three months

The Berhampur Municipal Corporation in Ganjam district may face hard time for the next about three months as its annual budget for fiscal 2014-15 has not been passed with the model code of conduct is in force since Wednesday

The Ministry of Housing Affairs said Berhampur became the first urban local body in the country to give loan benefits to women under the Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers Scheme, which provides financial benefits to sanitation workers for their rehabilitation in alternative occupations.

Berhampur: Launching a first of its kind initiative to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) is all set to operate underground garbage bin facility, a system with semi-underground dustbins placed on the roadside to store wet and dry garbage. With this, the city has become the first Municipal […]

Berhampur: Aimed at providing drinking water to the city dwellers in Berhampur and nearby villages, the Janibili project’s progress can be termed as tardy at best. While the residents of the city are yet to receive supply of clean drinking water, they have raised allegations that the delay in the project is resulting in traffic […]

Berhampur: In a bid to bring an overall change in the existing collection and disposal of solid waste generated from the city, Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has introduced barcode system. The Corporation recently issued a notice in this regard. Under the system, the holding tax number of each household will be converted into barcode. Later, […]

Berhampur: Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has prepared a Rs 42 crore plan for solving waterlogging problem triggered by rain in some pockets of the south Odisha city, a senior official said. The civic body has already submitted the proposals comprising 23 projects to the state government, the official said. About Rs 34.33 crore is estimated […]

Berhampur: The COVID-19 situation in Ganjam district seems to be steadily deteriorating as the number of local contact cases continue to rise despite restrictions. As many as 1271 COVID-19 cases have been reported from the district so far with 10 deaths. The district tops among Odisha districts in terms of both positives and death toll. […]

Berhampur: Despite all attempts to rein in, Covid crisis seems to getting out of control in Ganjam district. In a shocking development, more than 40 people including some staff of Berhampur Circle jail have tested positive for the virus. Berhampur Municipal Corporation took to social media to share the news in its twitter handle. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha bagged two awards in the world’s largest urban sanitation survey-Swachh Survekshan 2020 announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Thursday. Odisha won the ‘Fastest Moving’ State award while Berhampur Municipal Corporation of the State received ‘Best Medium City’ in Innovation and Best Practices (3-10 Lakh Population). Odisha’s 6 cities-Paradip, Barbil, […]