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Odisha has won two National level Awards at the prestigious Annual India Sanitation Coalition (

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New Delhi:21/11/23: Odisha has won two National level Awards at the prestigious Annual India Sanitation Coalition (ISC)-FICCI Sanitation Awards ceremony held on 20th Nov. 2023 in New Delhi.

Housing & Urban Development Department’s ‘Garima’ programme for the safety, dignity and welfare of Core Sanitation Workers (CSWs) won in the ‘Best Skilling Initiative in Sanitation’ category and Ms. Meghna Sahoo, President of Transgender Swikruti SHG managing the Faecal Sludge Septage Plant (FSTP) at Basuaghai in Bhubaneswar, was awarded in the Women Changemakers in Sanitation category.

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Senior Government officials from the H&UDD attended the award ceremony along with the awardees in New Delhi.

Odisha has been consistently winning multiple awards on various aspects of sanitation interventions at the ISC-FICCI Awards since the year 2019.

The ISC-FICCI Sanitation Awards are the key awards in the sanitation sector and have over six years established their leadership at a national level. These awards have, over the years, played a vital role in endorsing the efforts of corporates, financial institutions, start-ups, NGOs, government bodies, and many other organizations and individuals who are striving to bring about a positive change in our country’s sanitation landscape.

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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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