Bhubaneswar: Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Sports, Youth Welfare and Special initiatives Udhayanidhi Stalin visited the Slum areas in Bhubaneswar to see Odisha’s flagship development initiatives that are transforming the lives of its city dwellers.
He commended the State while he visited Ishaneswar Biju Adarsh Colony and witnessed first-hand the participatory slum improvement work taken up under Jaga Mission and interacted with the Slum Dwellers Association and the Mission Shakti SHGs.
He appreciated the State’s efforts to empower the marginalised and the poor living in slums by adopting Governance by Community approach.
He was delighted to see the huge impact of people centric programs such as Drink from Tap, Jaga Mission and Urban wage employment scheme (MUKTA) have made.
The Minister was accompanied by senior officers from Tamil Nadu along with Principal Secretary, H&UDD, Odisha G Mathi Vathanan, BMC Commissioner V A Kulange, Sourindra Routray, Additional Mission Director, JAGA Mission and Joint Secretary Sarada Prasad Panda and other team members.
