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SETU Yojana To Cover 10 More Panchayats Of Chitrakonda & Korukunda Blocks

Bhubaneswar:13/7/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed the concerned authorities to include the remaining nine panchayats of Chittarakonda block – Andrapalli, Panasput, Jodambo, Raligada, Papermetal, Badpada, Ghazalmamundi, Jantri, and Dhuliput – and Nakamamudi panchayats of Korukunda block in the SETU Yojana SETU (Socio-Economic Transformation and Upliftment scheme) to enable rapid transformation in the underprivileged areas under the bridge scheme. Along with this, he also ordered to raise the cost limit of the SETU Yojana from Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore.

Nine remote panchayats of Chitrakonda block, which is known as Swaviman Anchal, have already been connected by Gurpriya Bridge. The SETU (Socio-Economic Transformation and Upliftment) plan has been implemented since 2018 for the social and economic development of the people of this underdeveloped region. On March 28, 2023, 5T Secretary VK Pandian and other senior officials visited the Chitrakonda block of Malkangari and discussed the demands and problems of the people in the region.

Apart from this, the Chief Minister has approved Rs 9.60 crore for the SETU Yojana for the improvement and expansion of the infrastructure of the paramilitary forces deployed in the region to maintain peace and law and order in the Swaviman Anchal.

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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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