Traffic Restrictions In Bhubaneswar During Budget Session Of Odisha Assembly Starting Feb 21

Bhubaneswar: With the Budget session of the Odisha Assembly, starting February 21, the Commissionerate Police on Friday issued traffic restrictions, which will be in place in its vicinity here till April 6.

According to the public notice, traffic would be regulated on some roads for security reasons between February 21 and March 1 and again from March 1o and April 6.

CHECK THE RESTRICTIONS

1. Vehicles coming from Housing Board Square will take a diversion from Keshari Talkies Square taking a left turn.

2. Vehicles coming from AG Square towards PMG will take a diversion by turning right from Jaydev Bhawan and proceed on Indira Gandhi Park road.

3. All vehicles coming from Master Canteen will be diverted towards adjoining lanes on Lower PMG.

4. Vehicles coming from 120 Infantry Battalion Square intending to proceed towards Rabindra Mandap will be diverted towards Power House Square.

5. Vehicles coming from Raj Bhawan Square towards MLA colony and Rabindra Mandap will be diverted towards Sastrinagar Square. –

These restrictions will not apply to vehicles authorised to enter the official buildings, including the State Assembly, the State Secretariat and other offices located in this area, it added.

The session will start with the address of Governor Ganeshi Lal on February 21 and it will be followed by the motion of thanks. Further discussion on the Governor’s address will be held on February 22 and 23.

Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will present the annual Budget for 2023-24 on February 24 and a general discussion on the same will start on February 27. The appropriation bill will be laid before the House on March 31.

There will be a gap of seven days from March 2 to 9 during the session. There will be no business on all second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays, March 30 (Shreeram Navami) and April 1 (Odisha Day), as per the schedule issued by the Assembly secretariat.

The state government presented a vote-on-account Budget last year in view of the model code of conduct imposed for panchayat and urban polls in the state. In July 2022, a full-fledged Budget for 2022-23 with a total outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore was presented.