Tag: Odisha Assembly

However, the decision seems to be limited to pen and paper only as most of the mandis across the State are yet to get CCTV surveillance, or the CCTVs installed at some handful mandis are lying defunct.

While real estate experts attribute pressure from builders as the reason behind the withdrawal of the much-awaited legislation, the scrapping of the bill has again pushed the apartment owners into the dark.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJD, the BJP alleged that as the ruling party failed to respond to questions raised by the Opposition, they adjourned the assembly sine die ahead of schedule.

Launching a scathing attack on the government, Congress said the ruling BJD had turned the state into a hub for criminal activities and scams.

Though the introduction of the Bill has paved way for around Rs 5000 crore-real estate market to flourish in the State, the builders and customers are yet to have clarity on the legislation.

Senior Congress leader, Narasingha Mishra, on the other hand, said that even though two committees were formed, not a single meeting has been conducted by the individual committees.

Raising the matter during the ongoing budget session of the House, the BJD MLA said the Baji Rout Chhatrabas where the former chief minister spent most of his time is now crying for attention.

Besides, the promoter needs to transfer all unpaid amount collected from the allottees, security deposits, corpus fund, advance collected, if any, along with interest thereon, to the association of allottees within thirty days of issue of the occupancy certificate.

Finding it difficult to run the House because of the ruckus, Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha adjourned the House till 4 pm. 

Even though sharecropping has no legal sanctity in Odisha and the system continues with informal arrangements, Ranendra Swain submitted a report on the number of sharecroppers in the Bhadrak district.

Terming UPA and the NDA as two sides of a coin,  BJD MLA Debi Prasad Mishra said, "Both UPA and NDA government have worked against Odisha's interest for which Chhattisgarh has been obstructing the free flow of water to downstream.”

The Opposition members submitted that "ministers can read out budget documents, refer to books, newspapers and documents during the speech, but not written speech".

As per the air pollution level, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Angul, Rourkela, Talcher, Balasore and Kalinganagar have been identified as non-attainment cities.

Replying to the discussion on demand of grants for the Home and General Administration Departments, he said: "The investigation is still under progress and within the time frame given by law for filing of charge sheet, the same would be done."

Coming down heavily on the Opposition, the BJD alleged the saffron party is creating ruckus in the House over irrelevant matters.