Featured

Open Defecation Free Status For Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital has been picked for the prestigious ODF++ certificate under the Centre’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission.

As per the third party inspection report, areas under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) jurisdiction can be certified as Open Defecation Free++ as on December 11, 2020.

The inspection report said that schools in the city could not be inspected as those were closed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Odisha capital, with a population of 8,85,363, has been divided into 67 wards.

However, after the city bagged the certificate, BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary thanked the citizens and other stakeholders.

ALSO READ: Bike Lifting Gang Busted, 4 Arrested In Bhubaneswar

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Kangana Ranaut Avoided Treading Into ‘Affairs’ Of Indira Gandhi In ‘Emergency’; Know Why

Mumbai: After several hurdles and controversies, actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut’s political drama ‘Emergency' is running in…

8 minutes ago

Ambanis Meet Donald Trump At Pre-Inauguration Dinner, To Attend Swearing-In Ceremony

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony, business tycoon Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita…

24 minutes ago

50 People Stranded In Odisha’s Chilika Lake Again As Boat Develops Technical Snag

Bhubaneswar: Around 50 people were stranded in Odisha's Chilika lake as the boat ferrying them…

37 minutes ago

Odisha To Host Another National-Level Event From Tomorrow At Konark

Bhubaneswar: The two-day 3rd National Mining Ministers’ Conference will begin at Konark in Odisha on…

1 hour ago

5 Children Consume Fertiliser Mistaking It As Salt, Hospitalised In Odisha’s Deogarh

Deogarh: Five children were hospitalised as they fell ill after consuming fertiliser mistaking it as…

1 hour ago

‘IIT Baba’ Expelled From Mahakumbh Mela Ashram! Know What Happened

Prayagraj: Abhey Singh, a former aerospace engineer from IIT Bombay who became the viral face…

2 hours ago