OPGC pays State’s dividend of `18.75 cr
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Power Generation Corporation ltd (OPGC) on Tuesday handed over a cheque of Rs 18.75 crore to the Chief Minister towards the State’s share of dividend for the year 2014-15. The cheque was handed over by OPGC MD Indranil Dutta and Director (Finance) HP Nayak. Notably, the OPGC is expanding its capacity with a capital outlay of Rs 11,547 crore by setting up two units of plant of 660-MW capacity each at the Ib Thermal Power station.
AIDS Day observed at ECoR
Bhubaneswar: An AIDS awareness programme along with a candle march was organised by Central Hospital of the East Coast Railway to create public awareness on the occasion of the World AIDS Day on Tuesday.
Idea launches midday meal project
Bhubaneswar: The Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla Group’s telecom company, recently signed an MoU with the Akshaya Patra Foundation in the State, through which midday meals would be provided to school students. Around 47,000 students from 625 schools would be benefited through this initiative. The objective of this mission is to provide children with nutritious meals and ensure that they would attend school daily. The initiative was launched at the Bijaya Ramchandrapur UGUP School in Puri district and the Khannagar Nodal UP School in Cuttack district.