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Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation for Road Projects worth Over Rs. 4,000 Crore in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Apr 17 (UNI) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 19 road projects in Odisha, with a total investment of over Rs. 4,000 crore.
Of these, two projects worth Rs. 845 crore were dedicated to the public, while the foundation stone was laid for 17 projects estimated at Rs. 3,332 crore.
Among the projects inaugurated are the four-lane widening of the Banarpal-Godibandha and Talcher-Kamakhyanagar sections. These will improve connectivity to Angul, Talcher, and Duburi. Additionally, vehicular underpasses at Balikuda, Shikharpur, and Badchana will ease traffic congestion.
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Odisha: Body of 4 8-feet male Crocodile retrieved from River in Kendrapara

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PIL filed in Cal HC questioning funding of recently consecrated Jagannath Temple at Digha

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13 May 2025 | 8:54 PM

Kolkotta, May 13 (UNI) A PIL was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioning the alleged funding of the recently consecrated Jagannath Temple at Digha in East Midnapore by the West Bengal Government.
The Public Interest Litigation was filed by Advocate Kaustav Bagchi, a BJP functionary, before the division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De, challenging the funding of the construction of a religious place by the government under the secular system of the Constitution.

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