Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Vidya Balan, Anupam Kher, Kareena and Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonam Kapoor and Tamanna Bhatia and Ollywood stars Archita, Sabyasachi and sand art exponent Sudarshan Patnaik may be big…
Bhubaneswar sets August Timeline to go digital for Civic payments : Ties up with ICICI, SBI and AXIS banks
Bhuabenswar residents may be able to pay holding tax, trade licence fees, electricity and water bills online by August. BMC plans to go completely digital by August and to begin with, it has entered into agreements with State Bank of India, ICICI Bank…
Bhubaneswar ranked 94, Rourkela at 168 all India in Swachh Survekshan 2017 : Both get awards for fast improving from last year ranks
Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India’s cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is the dirtiest, the government said today as it revealed the Swachh Survekshan survey scoring cities on various counts related to cleanliness and sanitation. Union Minister Venkaiah…
Bhubaneswar becomes 1st indian city to win presitigious American Planning Association award for Smart city plan
Bhubaneswar is the only and first Indian city selected to receive Pierre L’enfant International Planning Excellence Award instituted by American Planning Association. APA honors comprehensive planning efforts and inspiring individuals to recognize outstanding community plans, planning programs and initiatives, public education efforts,…
After recent limelight, BMC now plans flurry of improvements to Lingaraj Temple shrine, check here
To increase visual appeal, ensure cleanliness and ease traffic load around the 11th century Lingaraj shrine at Old Town in the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhubaneswar Urban Knowledge Centre (BUKC) which is an arm of BDA for…
Bhubaneswar gets closer to launch bicycle sharing program, around 1200 cycles in 120 spots
Bhubaneswar inches closer to have a public bicycle sharing program. As per the plan, 1,200 cycles will be kept at 120 cycle docking stations across the city. Minimum distance between two docking stations has been kept as 500 metres. There…
BMC inks pact with Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences to setup multi speciality hospital in 2 years
The healthcare scenario is set for a leap with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) signing an MoU with Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, a Secunderabad-based private hospital, to set up a multi-specialty hospital and upgrade five existing dispensaries. The Krishna…
Bhubaneswar biggest gainer in Annual City Governance ranking, jumps from 18th to 10th spot
Delhi slips two places to rank ninth while Thiruvananthapuram retains its number one position in the annual city governance ranking, according to a survey released on Tuesday, which evaluated 21 major cities from the country’s 18 states. The Annual Survey…
Now Public Toilets in Bhubaneswar to have Online Feedback Device to ensure cleanliness
The civic body here has started installing an online feedback device outside public toilets across the city to ensure cleanliness. The move aims to get direct feedback from residents regarding the maintenance of the toilets to help Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation…
BMC now plans an online system to track all hoardings across the city to boost revenue
The civic body will shortly launch an online hoardings monitoring and management system to nab illegal hoardings and also to boost its revenue through advertisements. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with an initiative to enrol advertising agencies…