Tag: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Bhubaneswar: The city administration in the capital city of Odisha on Wednesday asked all employees to come to office on cycle or by walking once in a week to promote a better city environment, healthy lifestyle and sustainable urban habitat. The city administration comprising Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to make smart city plastic-free, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) rolled out its ‘free meal for plastics’ programme today. The initiative was kicked of at all the 11 Aahar centres in Bhubaneswar. As per the initiative, a person can avail a free meal by exchanging 500 grams of plastic waste at […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the temperature across Odisha continues to dip, several homeless people in Bhubaneswar are forced to spend nights out in the open in bone-chilling cold weather due to massive ‘irregularities’ in the functioning of the night shelters in the city. Most of the night shelters managed by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have reportedly […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities distributed saplings as green gifts to people of the Smart City on New Year’s Day. BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary today appealed the denizens to do away with the use of plastics and polythene to make the capital clean and green. “This is your city and the responsibility […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) along with State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) officials raided illegal polythene manufacturing units in Mancheswar Industrial Estate area here on Tuesday and seized huge quantity of polythene materials from different units which costs lakhs of rupees. The team led by BMC Zonal Deputy Commissioner undertook raids […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to help transgenders, one of the most marginalized sections of the society, to live a life of respect, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has roped in a special squad to collect pending holding tax from defaulters in the smart city. Earlier, BMC had signed an agreement with  Swikruti Self Help Group (SHG) […]

Bhubaneswar: With the government remaining inflexible on ‘Follow Traffic Rules Or Pay The Price’, the re-enforcement of amended Motor Vehicles Act in Odisha certainly seems to have thrown the motorists into a tizzy. Needless to say, their biggest fear has come back to haunt them in the form of hefty penalty. After the traffic restrictions […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking cognizance of non-payment of pending holding taxes, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to go tough on such habitual defaulters. The civic body has decided to disconnect water and electricity supply of the defaulters who are yet to respond to notices shot to them to clear the pending holding taxes. In a letter […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to restrict unwarranted travel and foster social distancing, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday decided to enforce the odd-even rule for public transport vehicles under its jurisdiction as part of the strategy to contain the coronavirus outbreak. As per the decision, public transport vehicles like buses, taxis, auto-rickshaws having odd registration […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the growing inconvenience faced by the public in the aftermath of Coronavirus lockdown in Odisha, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken several initiatives to ease the availability of essential commodities at the doorsteps of the residents in Bhubaneswar. Social distancing being a major preventive measure to control the spread of COVID-19, BMC on […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to resolve the issues faced by the residents of the State amid the nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus cases in the country, the Odisha Government has exempted many e-commerce companies from lockdown restrictions. The step was taken to ensure denizens stay at home and maintain social distancing. In a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday made the name and address of the 5th COVID-19 positive case detected in AIIMS Bhubaneswar public. Addressing a presser Thursday, BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Choudhury said that the decision has been taken in the larger interest of people to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The […]

Berhampur: With an aim to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today declared Jadupur, Begunia and Sundarpada areas as COVID-19 containment zones. “No public shall be allowed to move into the containment zone and the inhabitants within the zone shouldn’t move out. All the shopping establishments shall […]

Bhubaneswar: In an effort to ensure that people get groceries and vegetables during the ongoing lockdown period, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has rolled out mobile van service for the delivery of essentials at doorstep. People can order groceries and vegetables over the phone by dialing the phone numbers of the BMC mobile vans. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday put all the employees of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) office under quarantine after a staffer reportedly came in contact with a COVID-19 positive patient. “One of the staff of the Intelligence Bureau had come in contact with a COVID-19 patient. We have collected some swab samples of […]