The State Government has a proposal to constitute 18 new Notified Area Councils (NACs) in different districts.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Puspendra Singh Deo informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Amar Prasad Satapathy on Friday.
The proposed NACs are Kakatpur, Sakhigopal and Brahmagiri in Puri district, Bolgarh in Khordha district, Betnoti in Mayurbhanj, Parjang in Dhenkanal, Bhograi in Baleswar, Salepur in Cuttack, Binjharpur, Dharmasala and Chandikhol in Jajpur, Kukudakhandi in Ganjam, Dhamra and Dhamnagar in Bhadrak, Birmaharajpur in Subarnapur, Bonei in Sundargarh, loisingha in Balangir and Rajsunakhala in Nayagarh district.
The Minister stated that revenue villages like Sasanpurushottampur, Diolakar, Shantirathipatna, Badachana, Badachana Bazaar, Kanjia under Badachana gram panchayat and Debatasahi, Dhanmandal, Ramchandrapur, Shasansima, Khosalipur and Nisimal under Sunguda gram panchayat would come under the proposed Chandikhol NAC.