The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a significant expansion, with 71 peripheral villages likely to be integrated into the city’s administrative boundaries.

This development aims to provide residents with better access to urban infrastructure and civic amenities currently unavailable in their panchayat areas.

Villages Seek Urban Inclusion

The expansion proposal follows formal requests from local villagers, who have expressed their willingness to join BMC. Block Development Officers (BDOs) from Bhubaneswar, Balianta, and Jatni blocks have submitted resolutions passed by gram sabhas to the corporation. The documents are now awaiting state government approval for final consideration.

Of the 71 villages:

66 belong to 12 panchayats under Bhubaneswar block

1 panchayat an

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