BUS STRIKE IN STATE FROM JAN 17
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Bus Owners’ Association has decided to resort to a State-wide bus strike from January 17. A decision in this regard has been taken by the association opposing the Government’s Vehicle Scrappage Policy, informed association secretary Debendra Sahu.
3 NEW MO BUS ROUTES ANNOUNCED
Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport has announced three new Mo Bus routes with effect from Thursday in view of the increasing public demand. The fresh routes are Bhubaneswar railway station-Hi-Tech Hospital via Laxmi Sagar (Route No. 31), Bhubaneswar railway station-AIIMS via Bhimatangi (Route No. 39) and Baramunda ISBT-Sai Mandir, Kesora via Badagada Brit Colony (Route No. 40).
NEW EXECUTIVES OF ICAI BBSR CHAPTER
Bhubaneswar: The Managing Committee of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI), Bhubaneswar Chapter has selected new office-Bearers for the year 2022-23. Asutosh Debata has taken charge as chairman, Ajay Kumar Samal as vice-chairman-cum-treasurer and Surya Narayan Tripathy as secretary. Outgoing chairman Santanu Kumar Rout welcomed the new office-bearers. All managing committee members welcomed the new chairman Debata and acknowledged the contribution of outgoing chairman Rout.
SIDHARTH ROUTRAY SCALES MT VINSON IN ANTARCTICA
Bhubaneswar: Mountaineer Sidharth Routray has successfully scaled the Mount Vinson in Antarctica. He is the first Odia to have achieved the feat. He is son of MLA Suresh Kumar Routray. Sidharth, popularly known as ‘Odia Ironman’, had started the scaling Mount Vinson expedition on December 17 and reached the peak at 2 am on January 10. He unfurled the flags of Lord Jagannath and Lord Lingaraj on the mountain. Earlier, he had climbed three peaks, Mt Dennali in North America, Mt Aconcagua in South America and Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa, before scaling Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, on March 15 last year.