The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) would celebrate the local Self Government Day (lSGD) with many welfare and citizen-centric projects on August 31.
Plethora of inaugurations and foundation stone laying activities will be organised for three days during the celebration of the lSGD including new parks, community centres, crematorium, launching of Mahayatra vehicle to provide journey for the last rites of the dead, recreation centres and water bodies.
From the key projects to be included during the celebration are a Kalyan Mandap at Unit 6, one Day Centres will be inaugurated in Ward no 49 and Ward no 15’s Rental Colony. While a community centre will be inaugurated in Nayapalli Sabar Sahi, a park under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) will be inaugurated in Dumduma.
Apart from these above-mentioned projects, foundation stone for 50 more projects will be laid during the lSG Day celebration. Besides, due to water-logging during rainy season in many locations i.e. ISKCON Temple, Acharya Vihar and Jaydev Vihar areas remained in focus for which NHAI was asked time and again to come with drainage solutions.
However, BMC has come up with plans to take the first step by laying foundation stone for the drainage initiative to make the city more safe and commuter-friendly.
A meeting regarding organising of this celebration was held recently, chaired by Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena. Deputy Mayor K Shanti, Chairpersons of all Standing Committees and senior officials of the BMC were also present.