Odisha CM Mohan Majhi. File
“Better infrastructure and urbanisation are key elements of growth. Only 17% of our inhabitants lives in city areas. Considering the State’s speedy development and other people’s aspirations, our authorities has determined to determine 21 extra NACs,” Chief Minister Mohan Majhi declared in the course of the Independence Day celebrations right here.
The creation of NACs was a significant marketing campaign plank forward of the 2024 elections. The earlier Naveen Patnaik Government had promised to arrange NACs and municipalities to woo semi-urban voters, however the names had been by no means introduced.
The Majhi Government additionally unveiled a welfare measure beneath which each and every household lined by the Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana will obtain an extra 5 kg of rice per thirty days for the following three months, benefiting 27 lakh households.
After unfurling the Tricolour, Mr. Majhi dwelt at size on ladies’s empowerment and security — a problem on which the Opposition events had been sharply vital.
“I’ve stated on varied platforms that the federal government follows a coverage of zero tolerance in the direction of crimes in opposition to ladies. Anyone committing violence in opposition to ladies — irrespective of how highly effective or influential — belongs behind bars, not in civilised society,” he asserted.
The CM, who additionally holds the Home portfolio, stated the police had been given full authority to take crucial motion. “I’ve issued clear directions that any neglect of girls’s security will invite strict authorized motion. While regulation and order is mostly beneath management, it should turn out to be more practical and sturdy,” he stated.
The State Government has just lately confronted criticism following a spate of incidents — together with 4 women committing self-immolation and several other instances of gang rape and sexual assault — with each the Congress and Biju Janata Dal attacking its dealing with of girls’s security.
Published – August 16, 2025 02:40 am IST
