I-Day Celebration: CM To Unfurl Tricolour In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will unfurl the tricolour at the state-level Independence Day in Bhubaneswar on August 15.

Apart from the Chief Minister, the following ministers will grace I-Day function at the district level.

Finance minister Niranjan Pujari- Cuttack
Forest & Environment minister Bikram Keshari Arukha- Angul
Steel & Mines minister Prafulla Kumar Malik- Puri
Cooperation minister Ranendra Pratap Swain- Kendrapara
Commerce & Transport minister Padmanabha Behera- Kalahandi
Law minister Pratap Jena- Mayurbhanj
Agriculture minister Aruna Kumar Sahoo- Dhenkanal
Revenue minister Sudam Marndi- Sundargarh
Labour minister Susanta Singh- Kandhamal
Health and Family Welfare minister Naba Kishore Das- Balangir
Women & Child Development minister Tukuni Sahu- Nayagarh
ST & SC Development minister Jagannath Saraka- Keonjhar
Energy minister Dibya Shankar Mishra- Sambalpur
Science & Technology minister Ashok Chandra Panda- Balasore
School & Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash- Jajpur
Tourism minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi- Nabarangpur
Skill Development & Technical Education minister Premananda Nayak- Koraput
Water Resources minister Raghunandan Das- Malkangiri
Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts minister Padmini Dian- Rayagada
Sports minister Tusharkanti Behera- Gajapati

While the Member, Board of Revenue, will host the tri-colour in Bhadrak, the Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDC) of the Central, Southern and Northern divisions will grace the function in Khurda, Berhampur and Rourkela respectively.

Apart from this, collectors of Bargarh, Boudh, Deogarh, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Nuapada and Sonepur will be the chief guests in their respective districts.