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To reduce plastic pollution, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday started a novel way to avail an Aahaar meal in lieu of 500 grams of plastic. BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary made a denizen inaugurate the scheme at an…

Bhubaneswar: Here is another initiative by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to deal with plastic waste. Beginning Monday, the civic body will give one square meal in exchange for 500 gm of plastic waste. The programme will take…

Bhubaneswar: It's Friday and bicycle time for employees of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL). All staff, including senior officials, of the three…

Bhubaneswar: The enforcement squad of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) continued the eviction drive around the periphery of Lingaraj temple in the Old Town area on Friday. According to reports, the squad demolished the Tarini…

Bhubaneswar: A special squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized banned single-use plastic worth Rs 50 lakh from a house at Saheed Nagar area here on on Thursday. The squad reportedly acted on a tip-off about the banned items…

Bhubaneswar: The eviction drive around the Lingaraj Temple here was put on hold on Tuesday following protests from locals, several trading establishments, and local leaders. “It was decided that a 10-member delegation of the servitor’s…

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday declared 29 Kalyan Mandaps and Marriage Mandaps under the jurisdiction of North Zone as illegal and unauthorised. It has further directed the joint enforcement team of…

Bhubaneswar: The secretary to Chief Minister (Transformation and Initiatives), V Karthikeyan Pandian, on Wednesday reviewed the ongoing development works at Lingaraj Temple In Old Town area here. Accompanied by Works secretary Krishan…

Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped Nayapalli in the Odisha capital on Friday after a human skeleton was found inside a dustbin. According to reports, the sweepers of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC),while  dumping the garbage in a…

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked nine cinema halls and six cable operators in the city to deposit a fee. In a notice, BMC deputy commissioner Srimanta Mishra said that the cinema hall owners were earning…