TOURISTS WILL GET METERED TAXIS IN ORISSA

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

OM Bureau
Bhubaneswar:
It is mandatory for the taxi operators to use meters in their vehicles and to charge customers as per rate fixed on reading of the meter. But the law remains dormant and the tourists left to the mercy of operators. It has been affecting very adversely Orissa Tourism.
Reminding the transport department of their responsibility [...]

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MINING OUT OUR WEALTH: A POINT TO PONDER

Posted on June 4, 2005 by Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
The state government has been going on signing Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) one after another with industries allured by the mineral wealth of Orissa. People are being displaced and mayhems are witnessed in official attempts to suppress the voice of the inhabitants who are loosing their land, their home, their hearth, their environment [...]

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