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Bhubaneswar: After being in the dock for waterlogging across the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now invited a tender to repair 22 drains at a cost of Rs 17 crore in the first phase. The repair work will be carried out in 22 drains including ones in ward no-62 of Anant Vihar Phase-II, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) are intensifying their eviction drive to address man-made flooding in ‘Smart City’ Bhubaneswar. After razing down encroachments near the ISKCON temple and Nayapalli area, the city administration is now focussing on unclogging the Drain no 4 near Jaydev Vihar by demolishing the structures […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite tall claims made by the State government on spending crores of rupees for development in ‘Smart City’ Bhubaneswar, broken and pothole-peppered roads of Rangamatia narrate a different tale. The main road in Rangamatia is filled with large potholes forcing pedestrians and school students to use the covered drains. During rainy days, one can […]

Bhubaneswar: Public hearing for setting up of a waste-to-energy plant at Bhuasuni on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar will be carried out on June 6, informed Chief Secretary AP Padhi here today. Talking to media after a meeting at the Secretariat, Padhi stated, “As per the directive of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Calcutta bench, required […]

Bhubaneswar: With only a few days left for the Hockey World Cup-2018 to be held in the capital city of Odisha, life-size murals under the Street Art and Murals Project (STAMP) of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation across the city are spreading the fever of the mega event. According to sources, more than 300 artists including students […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is all set to roll out new its – ‘Mo Bus’ services in the capital city from tomorrow ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. According to sources, the service will be launched as a part of state government-owned Capital Region Urban Transport’s (CRUT) ‘City Bus Modernisation’ programme. The services will be […]

Bhubaneswar: A joint-eviction squad led by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today evicted unauthorized constructions that had come up over the sewage line at the IRC village in Nayapalli. The squad including officials of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority, BMC and NHAI demolished encroachments along the 2 kms stretch on the NH in order to ensure proper drainage […]

Even as ‘Smart City Bhubaneswar promises core infrastructure, decent quality of life and clean environment to its denizens, there are several milestones that the city is striving to meet to get qualified under the globally accepted Smart City norms.

Bhubaneswar: After Hotel Presidency and ISKCON temple, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has now reined in the DAV Public School Unit-8, for dumping construction and demolition waste on public road. In a show-cause notice issued to the authorities, the civic body accused the school of dumping garbage and plastic that washes down into the drain causing […]

Bhubaneswar:  With a few days of rain revealing the drainage rot in the not-so-smart state capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday pulled up its socks to address the issue. The Corporation, shot off a show-cause notice to the Nayapalli-based Hotel Presidency  seeking explanation for illegal encroachment on land earmarked as ‘Right of Way’ near […]

Bhubaneswar: With less than four months remaining for the Men’s Hockey World Cup to be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the authorities of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) undertook a special drive to clear encroachments near the stadium today. The eviction drive was taken up alongside gate no-9 of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday took stock of the progress of the much awaited ‘Smart Janpath’ project and directed the officials to complete the construction work in the given deadline. Patnaik visited the ongoing Smart Janpath Project under the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and spent some time understanding the project brief, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The detection of four dengue positive cases has now put the administrative officials in the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on their toes to take preventive measures to contain the outbreak this monsoon season. All the four cases have been reported from Bhubaneswar while already a provision for a dengue ward with eight […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today slapped Rs 1 cr penalty on Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), the organiser of a scheduled Cyclothon event in Bhubaneswar, for putting up hoardings in prohibited areas. The BMC cited that the organiser of the event put up hoardings without permission from the concerned authorities thereby violating advertisement […]

Bhubaneswar: The modernisation of Baramunda bus stand into an inter-state bus terminal (ISBT) would be completed by June 2019. Official sources said, the work of contractor selection and finalisation of engineering drawing for the project will be completed by March 2018 while the construction work is likely to start by June this year. The officials […]