The Panchayati Raj Department has a total of 853 sanctioned Junior Engineer posts and, of these, 344 are now lying vacant.
Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahoo informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MlA Dr Bibhuti Bhushan Harichandan on Tuesday. While a highest number of 31 posts are lying vacant in Cuttack district, 29 in Sundargarh, 27 in Mayurbhanj, 23 in Jajpur, 18 each in Balangir, Ganjam and Keonjhar, 17 in Baleswar, 16 in Kalahandi, 15 each in Kendrapada and Koraput, 14 in Puri, 13 in Dhenkanal, 12 each in Angul and Bargarh, 10 in Nabarangpur, nine in Nayagarh, eight each in Jagatsinghpur and Kandhamal, seven in Khordha, six each in Angul and Malkangiri, five in Rayagada, four in Bhadrak, three in Sambalpur and two posts in Nuapada district are lying vacant. Boudh and Subarnpur districts have no vacancies. Similarly, the department has 6234 Panchayat Exucutive Office (PEO) posts and, of them, 758 posts are lying vacant.