BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Government on Friday appointed several Ministers and MLAs as Chairpersons of District Planning Committees in the state.
While Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik has been appointed Chairperson of planning committees of Deogarh and Keonjhar, Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will head Puri district committee. Minister for Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Ranendra Pratap Swain has been appointed as chairperson of Kendrapara district planning committee.
Chairpersons of other districts are Pratap Jena - Mayurbhanj, Ananta Das - Balasore, Byomakesh Ray - Bhadrak, Samir Ranjan Dash - Jajpur, Prasanta Kumar Muduli - Jagatsinghpur, Pramod Kumar Mallick - Cuttack, Prasanta Kumar Jagadev - Khurda, Satyanarayan Pradhan - Nayagarh, Srikanta Sahu - Ganjam, Mahidhara Rana - Boudh, Jagannath Saraka - Gajapati, Bikram Keshari Arukha - Kandhamal, Sudam Marandi - Sonepur, Padmini Dian - Rayagada, Raghu Ram Padal - Koraput, Raghunandan Das - Nabarangpur, Tusharkanti Behera - Malkangiri, Rajendra Dholakia - Nuapada, Naba Kisore Das - Balangir, Debesh Acharya - Bargarh, Susanta Singh - Sambalpur, Padmanabha Behera - Jharsuguda, Sarada Prasad Nayak - Sundargarh, Ashok Chandra Panda - Angul, Dibya Shankar Mishra - Dhenkanal and Tukuni Sahu - Kalahandi.