Aiming at strengthening the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved 416 additional posts for the civic body.
With the creation of new posts, the BMC can be more efficient in providing basic facilities to residents in the capital city, a release from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated on Friday.
Earlier, the number of sanctioned posts in BMC was 210. With the approval of additional posts, the total number of posts increased to 626.
The number of Additional Commissioner (Administration) posts has been increased to four following the approval of three additional posts.
The government also created six new Zonal Commissioner posts, 13 new Deputy Commissioner posts, nine new Assistant Commissioner (sanitation) posts, 11 new posts in accounts, four new posts in planning, 17 posts in engineering (works), five in sanitation (engineering), 20 posts in drainage, two in mechanical, one in law, two in public relations, seven in beautification and landscaping, four in animal welfare, 13 in social welfare, one in disaster and emergency service, 19 in enforcement, 93 ministerial staffs and new 187 posts in ward offices of the BMC.