Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved a proposal for creation of 50 posts of Fire Service personnel in different ranks for four airports under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)– UDAN scheme.
The airports are Jharsuguda, Utkela, Rourkela and Jeypore.
Out of these 50 posts, nine each will be deployed at Utkela and Jeypore and 16 each at Jharsuguda and Rourkela.
Notably, recently, three fire stations have been made functional at three premier medical colleges, Cuttack, Brahmapur and Burla.
Besides, two more Fire Stations have been made functional at Tihidi in Bhadrak district and Baruan in Jajpur.
These stations were running by rationalisation of personnel at different other Fire Stations. Recently, 16 Fire Service personnel were deployed at the Rourkela Airport in December last.