01.09.2006
The Urban Local Bodies of
Orissa on 31st August celebrated “LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT DAY.” During the day
local governments of Orissa organized various public awareness programme,
workshops, tree plantation, competitions, cultural programmes, special drives on
street cleaning, fruit distribution at medicals and inaugural & announcements of
new initiatives etc.
The state capital Bhubaneswar
was not left behind to celebrate this day. This year the theme was “Progress
through Partnership”. The day begun
with
fla
g hosting by the Honourable
Minister for Rural Development & Law & MLA Bhubaneswar. More than 4000 people
which includes senior citizens, school children,
NGOs etc joined the walk to the old city of Bhubaneswar.
On this day CMAO organized an
awareness campaign on City & Energy Efficiency as part of the Local Renewables
Model Communities Project with support from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
and ICLEI South Asia. A white banner more than 50 meters was placed outside the
BMC building for the citizens to put their message on city life. The main motto
of this is that people wrote about the
environment, about BMC, about cities and many
more. Large number of citizens
actively participated in this awareness activity.
The Mayor Mihir Ku.Mohanty, Municipal Commissioner Aparjita Sarangi and many other wrote their thoughts upon the white banner and highly appreciated the work.