Odisha’s urban slum upgradation model gets international acclaim

Bhubaneswar, January 3: Odisha’s unique model for up-gradation of urban slums got international acclaim with conferring of World Habitat Award-2019 and Asia-Pacific Housing Award -2021 on the State. This was known from the workshop on creation of basic infrastructure for slum habitats in urban forest areas held on Monday in the convention centre of State […]

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All slums will be transformed into model colonies in next 3 years: Odisha CM

Bhubaneswar, September 28: With a vision of slum free cities under Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission (OLHM) or JAGA Mission, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated Slum Upgradation Programme to transform at least 2,919 slums in the State. The programme started from Balasore, the land of Fakir Mohan Senapati. “All slums will be transformed into […]

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8 lakh more beneficiaries in just six months; ‘JAGA Mission’ runs into controversy in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The ‘JAGA Mission’, world’s largest slum land titling project to give land titles to urban slum dwellers free of cost launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on May 7, 2018, has now mired into controversy after the number of beneficiaries increased by 8 lakh in just six months taking the total target from 10 […]

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