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Odisha Chief Minister inaugurated two state-of-the-art bus depots & flagged off 110 sophisticated new busses

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Bhubaneswar:3/9/21:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated two state-of-the-art bus depots at Patia and Bhagwanpur respectively in Bhubaneswar.

While Patnaik launched the Patia depot in person, the Bhagwanpur depot was inaugurated by him remotely over video conferencing.

As per reports, the Patia depot houses a workshop, parking space for 120 busses, a filling station, and an advanced service station for vehicles. While the Patia depot has come up on 18935 Square Metres area, the Bhagwanpur depot has an area of 22411 square meters. It has an automated cleaning system to wash busses after every trip.

Later, Patnaik went to the headquarters of the Odisha State Regional Transport Corporation (OSRTC) at AG square in Bhubaneswar and flagged off 110 sophisticated new busses.

The busses have been equipped with all necessary amenities for a pleasant experience for the commuters. From comfortable seats to CCTV cameras for safety and vehicle tracking system, these busses sport all the safety aspects mandated by the Central government.

These vehicles will ply on inter-state routes as well.

It is pertinent to mention here that the OSRTC currently has a fleet of 398 busses plying in 43 routes across 28 districts of Odisha connecting Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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