Odisha Chief Minister launched the LAccMI Bus service in Balangir, Bargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh

Bhubaneswar:12/2/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the LAccMI Bus service in Balangir, Bargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, and Sundargarh districts on Monday.

A total of 301 state-of-the-art buses will connect 1340 panchayats of these five districts under the scheme for the benefit of people in rural areas. It will benefit more than 83 lakh people in these districts.

A fleet of 44 buses was rolled out in 313 panchayats of Balangir which will benefit 16.50 lakh people. Similarly, 60 buses will ply in 243 panchayats of Bargarh which will benefit 14.22 lakh people, 25 buses will serve 10.80 lakh people in 158 panchayats of Keonjhar. Likewise, 24.20 lakh people in 386 panchayats of Mayurbhanj will benefit by 107 buses, and 17.20 lakh people in 240 panchayats of Sundargarh will benefit from 65 buses.

Notably, the LAccMI Bus service was first started in Malkangari. In the first phase, the service was introduced in Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Gajapati, and Koraput districts. In the second phase, the bus service was rolled out in Deogarh, Angul, and Dhenkanal districts.

Under this scheme, bus services will be offered in every village in a district to the block headquarters. More than 1,000 buses will ply across the state. In this programme, launched under the 5T scheme, Mission Shakti members have been given the responsibility of operating the buses.
After inaugurating the service through video conferencing, Naveen said that my government is people’s government.