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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik virtually inaugurated the 5th edition of Eco Retreat 2023-24

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Bhubaneswar:1/11/23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today virtually inaugurated the 5th edition of Eco Retreat 2023-24. The much-awaited glamping event of Odisha is now open for tourists at 4 exotic destinations namely Putsil (Koraput), Daringbadi, Satkosia, and Hirakud.

Inaugurating the event, the Chief Minister said, “After having successfully organized four editions, Odisha Government’s flagship product Eco Retreat has been highly appreciated by the travel and tourism fraternity for its sustainable model incorporating best practices in waste to wealth and holistic resource management while offering tourists a more refined leisure hospitality akin to star category resorts.”

MLAs, District Collectors, SPs, CDOs, OTDC Chairman Lenin Mohanty, Block Chairman of districts, and officials of Department of Tourism were present on the occasion.

After the success of the first edition in 2019 at Ramchandi Beach (Konark), in 2020 the event was introduced in four new destinations in Baliput (Satkosia), Bhitarkanika, Daringbadi and Hirakud apart from Konark. In 2022, two more additions in Putsil (Koraput) and Sonapur Beach were introduced.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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