A State-level conference of the Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) was inaugurated on Monday in State Vigilance Academy by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra in the presence of Director General of Police Abhay and other senior officers.
On this occasion, Mahapatra also dedicated an auditorium of the Academy in name of late Dr Debashis Panigrahi and felicitated him for his outstanding services in State Police more particularly, in vigilance wing of the department.
Jhumki Ratha (Panigrahi), the wife of late Dr Panighrahi, received the felicitation on his behalf.
Addressing the CVOs conference, Mahapatra said, “CVOs have a very critical role in preventing and combating the corruption from the Stste."
He said the preventive- vigilance juxtaposed with punitive-vigilance would weed out corruption from public offices.
The Mo Sarkar approach of the Government rolled out under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is an effective step towards prevention of corruption, he said.
