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Public congregation won't be allowed at Bindusagar Lake, river ghats and other water bodies within the jurisdiction of BMC.

The BMC on Tuesday issued guidelines for offering of paya shraddha and pinda and celebration of Chhat Puja at the banks of different water bodies under its jurisdiction.

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation took note of a newspaper article published on Wednesday about issuance of fake COVID positive certificate to a person by GenX Diagnostics located in Sahid Nagar area in the city. 

With the Modi government giving an extra push to digital transactions post the demonetisation, the Naveen Patnaik government has made digital transactions its core policy. The BMC's cashless drive in vending zones is being seen as State's measure to push online transactions.

BMC on Wednesday declared a residential apartment, Rajendra Vihar Apartment, in the Forest Park area of the Capital city as ‘containment zone’ following the detection of several Covid-19 positive cases.

A ‘magnanimous’ state government has sought to silence the disquiet over the unfortunate death of Jyoti Prakash Behera, a Class X student who fell into an open drain and was swept away to death on Sunday, with a ‘generous’ ex-gratia of 4 lakh rupees. 

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday released the Covid-19 guidelines for Ganesh Puja celebrations this year.

Five nodal officers have been appointed in Bhubaneswar for the smooth conduct of Covid-19 Sero survey scheduled on August 31 and September 1.

A bakery located in Kharvela Nagar area of Bhubaneswar was raided on Tuesday for violating food safety norms. A team of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials led by an officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) conducted the raid.

Only fully vaccinated persons with double doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to enter to religious institutions in Bhubaneswar. In an order, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the same on Tuesday.

For over two and half years, Municipal Bodies of Odisha are without elected representatives despite specific Constitutional mandate to hold Municipal Election before completion of the five year term of a Municipal Body.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed on Friday that at least 20,04,628 doses of COVID19 vaccine have been administered in the city by August 12th. Among these 8,84,946 people in various categories have been administered both doses, informed the BMC Commissioner.

Days after the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed to have achieved 100 percent vaccination against Covid-19, the serpentine queues at vaccination centres in the Capital city has heated up political blame game.

The number of dengue cases continues to rise in Bhubaneswar with 50 new patients being detected in the last 24 hours.

Additional Commissioner, BMC, Laxmikant Sethy said that the civic body had covered a wide range of beneficiaries including those from rural areas on the outskirts of the town. Huge number of outsiders keeps commuting to the city regularly. “No one has been ignored,” he added.