Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today released the list of the dignitaries who will hoist the national flag at different places of State during the Independence Day celebration on August 15.
While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is slated to hoist the national flag during the Sate-level Independence Day celebration in Bhubaneswar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Niranjan Pujari will hoist the national flag in Puri.
Here is the list of the name of the other ministers/dignitaries and the district allotted to them:
- Jagannath Saraka, Minister, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, Law: Kandhamal
- Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development: Koraput
- Pradip Kumar Amat, Minister, Forest, Environment & Climate Change, Panchayati Raj & Dw, Information & Public Relations: Ganjam
- Pramila Mallik, Minister, Revenue & Disaster Management: Bargarh
- Usha Devi, Minister, Housing & Urban Development: Sambalpur
- Prafulla Kumar Mallick, Minister, Steel & Mines, Works: Keonjhar
- Pratap Keshari Deb, Minister, Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Energy: Angul
- Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Minister, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-Operation, Higher Education: Rayagada
- Tukuni Sahu, Minister, Water Resources, Commerce & Transport: Jagatsinghpur
- Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister, Science & Tech., PE, SS&EPD: Balangir
- Rajendra Dholakia, Minister, Planning & Convergence: Sundergarh
- Bikram Keshari Arukha, Minister, Finance: Cuttack
- Sudam Marndi, Minister, School & Mass Education: Balasore
- Sarada Prasad Nayak, Minister, Labour & ESI: Jharsuguda
- Aswini Kumar Patra, Minister, Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise: Mayurbhanj
- Pritiranjan Gharai, Minister, RD, SDTE: Kalahandi
- Tusharkanti Behera, Minister, E & I.T., Sports & Y.S., Home (S): Malkangiri
- Rita Sahu, Minister, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts: Sonepur
- Basanti Hembram, Minister, Women & Cd And Mission Shakti: Dhenkanal
- RDC (SD), Berhampur: Berhampur
- RDC(ND), Sambalpur: Rourkela
- Collector, Bhadrak: Bhadrak
- Collector, Boudh: Boudh
- Collector, Deogarh: Deogarh
- Ollector, Gajapati: Gajapati
- Collector, Jajpur: Jajpur
- Collector, Kendrapara: Kendrapara
- Collector, Khordha: Khordha
- Collector, Nuapada: Nuapada
- Collector, Nabarangpur: Nabarangpur
- Collector, Nayagarh: Nayagarh