Puri Kumar Utsav to begin tomorrow
Puri: The Srikhetra Youth Cultural Association, Puri will host the 35th Kumar Utsav at Paurasadan on Tuesday and Wednesday and at the Golden Sea Beach on October 11 and 12. Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda will inaugurate the even on October 11. The event, to be presided over by Association President and Puri MlA Maheswar Mohanty, will be attended by lok Sabha member Pinaki Mishra, Municipality Chairman Jayanta Kumar Sarangi and noted industrialist Madan Mohan Mishra among others. Various competitions, including song, dance and quiz, among children and youths will be held on the occasion, informed Association Secretary Santosh Satpathy.
BBSR-B’Posi Express to have AC coach
Bhubaneswar: In view of the heavy rush during the Puja season and to provide comfortable journey to the commuters, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has augmented an AC chair car coach in Bhubaneswar-Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express. The Bhubaneswar-Bangiriposi Express has been augmented with one AC chair car coach from October 1 and this service will continue till November 30. In the return direction, the Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express has been augmented with one AC chair car coach from Oct 2 to Dec 1.
IndianOil holds Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan
Bhubaneswar: The IndianOil launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the State on the occasion of the Gandhi Jayanti on Thursday. The IndianOil Odisha State Office carried out various activities at its several units and sales points, where large number employees and other stakeholders participated in the cleanliness drive. It laid foundation stones for construction of toilets at three girls’ schools in Cuttack district. Besides, plantations drive was also undertaken at the IndianOil OSO, terminals, depots, retail outlets, lPG distributors, etc. IndianOil OSO GM KK Sharma participated in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, undertaken by Union Minister for Petroleum Dharmendra Pradhan at the Bhubaneswar Railway Station.