The State Government on Wednesday finalised an expenditure layout of about Rs 7.6 crore for a two-year observance of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in the State.
Various programmes would be undertaken for promotion of ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi at various places across the State. A decision to this was undertaken at a review meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the Secretariat here.
It was decided that a grand programme would be held on March 23 in Cuttack to commemorate Mahatma Gandhji’s first visit to Odisha.
While Rs 5 lakh has been sanctioned for Cuttack progrmme, Rs 2 lakh sanctioned for each district for holding programmes on Mahatma Gandhi.
While Gandhi statues would be set up in every distsrict, Kasturaba Adarsha Panchayat would come up in each block. Similarly, Gandhi Ideology Study Centre would be established at a university in the State.
Besides, documents, letters, research essays and addresses of Mahatma Gandhi would be conserved though video-audio forms and a Gandh Memorial Pillar would be established in Bhubaneswar. A big park named after Mahatma Gandhi would also come up in Bhubaneswar.
Besides, special utsavs would be organised at freedom struggle points across the State for a total of Rs 20 lakh was sanctioned.
An ammount of Rs 80 lakh was sanctioned for holding memorial progammes on Saheed Diwas on January 30, 2020 and Mrach 23, 2020.