OM Bureau
Bhubaneswar
Formation of a State Capital Region comprising areas of Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Jatni, Pipili, Cuttack, and, Choudwar is under active consideration of Government. It has decided to appoint three committees, one under the Minister and the rest under the Secretary of Urban Develop department to deal with delimitation of SCR area, preparation of its master plan and statute of business. The immediate task is to study the local needs and to locate how such needs have been tackled in the National Capital Region and the Greater Bombay Region. Development of a mechanism to have official control over land within the contemplated compact area seems to be the crux of the present assignment.