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  Manipal takes over Amri
Posted by: Chitta - 05-23-2024, 06:02 AM - Forum: Medical Colleges, Hospitals & Health Institutes - No Replies

Manipal has bought the Amri chain of hospitals in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. This Amri hospital in Bhubaneswar is now a Manipal hospital. See https://theprint.in/economy/manipal-hosp...r/2097085/ and https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/busi...eover.html .

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  Sports University - in BJP's 2024 manifesto
Posted by: Chitta - 05-05-2024, 07:01 PM - Forum: 28+ Universities/University-like-Institutes - No Replies

The BJP manifesto of 2024 promises the state's first sports university in Bhubaneswar.

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  Sambalpur in 2024 election Manifesto
Posted by: Chitta - 05-05-2024, 04:46 PM - Forum: Knowledge Centers (K-12 to Universities) - No Replies

The 2024 BJP Manifesto promises

  • 2nd AIIMS of Odisha in Sambalpur
  • An agricultural university in Sambalpur
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  Vande Metro
Posted by: Chitta - 05-05-2024, 01:07 PM - Forum: New Trains and Time Tables - Replies (1)

It is about to start in a few months. The first 14 routes are mentioned in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kHlgPk7...xtJourneys 

  1. Bhubaneswar - Balasore
  2. Delhi - Rewari
  3. Agra - Mathura
  4. Bangalore - Mysores
  5. Chennai - Tirupati
  6. Mumbai - Pune
  7. Nagpur - Wardha
  8. Kolkata - Asansol
  9. Howrah - Bhagalpur
  10. Delhi - Chandigarh
  11. Varanasi - Lucknow
  12. Agra - Delhi
  13. Chennai - Vellore
  14. Lucknow - Kanpur




https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi...653225.cms also mentions a few routes.

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  Aiming big - A Jajpur-Bhadrak metro region
Posted by: Chitta - 04-18-2024, 08:25 PM - Forum: Overall - No Replies

See map below of this region and the capital region.

The Jajpur-Bhadrak region would have the following highlights:

  • The transportation confluence where a transportation and logistics hub can be created (Kalinganagar, Jajpur)
  • The Buddhist sites (Jajpur district)
  • The steel plants (Kalinganagar, Jajpur)
  • The Vyasanagar town (Jajpur Road)
  • Close to the Sukinda mines area (Kalinganagar, Jajpur)
  • The Biraja Khetra (Jajpur town)
  • Bhadrak town
  • Dhamara port (Bhadrak district)
  • Adjacent to Bhitarkanika (Most of Bhitarkanika is in Kendrapada district)
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  Transprtation hub location
Posted by: Chitta - 04-18-2024, 08:22 PM - Forum: Transportation and Logistics hub - No Replies

The map below shows where the National Waterways 5, the Paradeep Expressway and the Howrah Madras main rail line are close together. A transportation hub should be established near that together with a cargo airport.

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  BPNSI - Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute
Posted by: Chitta - 04-18-2024, 08:18 PM - Forum: Knowledge Institutions - No Replies

Its web page is https://www.bpnsi.org/ . Looks like it has now shifted to Kalinganagar. She screen shots below.

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  East-west corridor
Posted by: Chitta - 04-18-2024, 07:16 AM - Forum: Freight Corridor - No Replies

map from https://dfccil.com/Home/DynemicPages?MenuId=325

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  List from the 2016 act
Posted by: Chitta - 04-16-2024, 01:01 PM - Forum: Other National Waterways in Odisha - No Replies

Following is from https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/1...016-17.pdf .

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  Train connectivity
Posted by: Chitta - 04-15-2024, 01:15 AM - Forum: Sonepur - No Replies

Train schedule at Sonepur station. From the tweet https://odishadev.odishasociety.org/atta...hp?aid=489

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