Thursday 12 November 2020

Foundation Day: Odisha Secretariat Building


The main building of State Secretariat Building was inaugurated by Sri Govind Ballav Panth, the then Home Minister, GoI on 12th November, 1959 in presence of Sri Harekrushna Mahatab, the then Chief Minister of Odisha. The construction was started in January 1956.

In the meantime, the said building is renamed as Lokseva Bhawan on 15th August, 2019 after announcement of Sri Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble CM on 29.09.2019.

Notification was issued on renaming of Secretariat as Lok Seva Bhawan and the road from A.G. Square to Acharya Vihar Sachivalaya Marg as Lok Seva Marg on 05.12.2019.

Out of 39 Departments, now 10 Departments are shifted to Kharvel Bhawan and four Departments namely Agriculture & FE Department, I&PR Department, Tourism Department and Water Resources department are functioning in Separate Buildings. 

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