CM launches Mu Safaiwala campaign on Gandhi Jayanti

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s sanitation programme – Mu Safaiwala campaign for behaviour change on sanitation on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The initiative will encourage people to take pledge to keep their surroundings clean, involving students and residents’ welfare associations as change agents. […]

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BMC sensitizes city youth about drug abuse

Bhubaneswar: The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking-2019 was observed at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) here with the support of Excise Department. More than 500 students and youth leaders participated in the event, addressed by Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Minister Ashok Chandra Panda and Bhubaneswar MLA (Central) […]

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BMC forms six more squads to enforce ban on plastics

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its drive against use of polythene and plastics, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has formed six exclusive squads to stop the use of the banned products. “As per the direction of BMC Commissioner, all ZDCs will do plastic ban enforcement making at least two squads in their respective zones on every Wednesday from […]

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Distribution of CM’s Special Assistance to Fani victims underway in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started distributing the Chief Minister’s Special Assistance for victims of very severe cyclonic storm Fani, which barrelled through the eastern coast in Odisha near Puri on Friday leaving at least 34 people reportedly dead. With nearly 200 kmph wind storms and incessant rains, the storm has brought down […]

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