Bhubaneswar, Jan 15 (IANS) The Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers’ outfit, on Thursday staged a massive protest in Bhubaneswar against the alleged collection of hefty fines and harassment of common people by the state Transport Department in the name of Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC).Members of the outfit engaged in a brawl with the police while trying to gherao the residences of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena in Bhubaneswar…
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and BJD President Naveen Patnaik on Friday slammed the Odisha government, accusing it of mishandling the Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate enforcement, creating chaos and causing hardships to the common public.Taking to his X handle, former Chief Minister Patnaik alleged that the handling of the PUC certification issue by the BJP-led Odisha government was marked by ‘gross mismanagement’ and repeated ‘policy flip-flops’.LoP …
Agartala, Jan 6 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha directed all concerned to adopt the ‘Gujarat Model of road safety’ to create an accident-free road network across the state, officials said here on Tuesday. A senior Transport Department official said that the Chief Minister has informed that the ‘Gujarat model’ is based on the integrated use of advanced technology, strict law enforcement, and swift post-accident rescue with immediate medical care, and asked officials to incorporate these …