Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the LAccMI Bus Service in Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Nuapada and Boudh districts through video conferencing. Today, 255 buses were launched in 1,057 panchayats of 5 districts benefitting more than 71 lakh people.
According to reports, 48 buses will run in 315 panchayats of Balasore benefitting 20.42 lakh people, 25 buses will run in 123 panchayats of Nuapada benefitting 5.74 lakh people, 10 buses will run in 55 panchayats of Boudh benefitting 3.53 lakh people, 130 buses will run in 433 panchayats of Ganjam benefitting 34.47 lakh people and 42 buses will run in 131 panchayats of Jagatsinghpur benefitting, 7.50 lakh people.
With this, LAccMI Bus Service has started operation in all 30 districts of Odisha. A total of 1,354 buses have started running in 30 districts benefitting 3.64 crore people of 6,031 panchayats. It is worth noting that a total of 1,745 LAccMI buses will run in all the panchayats of the state.
In this scheme, affordable bus service from Panchayats to Blocks has been facilitated by the state government. In this program launched under the 5T intitiatve, Mission Shakti mothers have been given the responsibility of operating the buses.
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