Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a rent waiver of Rs 61 lakh of the Odisha Bhawan at Navi Mumbai, which was being used as a quarantine facility for doctors and health workers of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).
Notably, five rooms and a dormitory of the Odisha Bhawan’s fifth floor were being used by NMMC’s doctors and nurses from April 12, 2021 to November 27, 2021 for treating Covid patients. The Odisha Government has waived off this rent.
Earlier, during the first wave of the pandemic, the Odisha Government had waived off Rs 2.16 crore rent of the Odisha Bhawan, which was supposed to be paid by the NNMC.