Bhubaneswar: The 64th Odisha Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today approved 19 proposals of 10 departments.
The Cabinet approved the Location Accessible Multi-Modal Initiative (LAccMI) under the Commerce and Transport Department to establish seamless, affordable & reliable public transport network across the State from GP level to State Capital.
The Cabinet also decided to abolish all 35 toll gates on Works and RD Department roads being operated by the OB&CC Ltd.
The proposals for enacting new laws for upgrading the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) in Berhampur and Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT), Bhubaneswar into non-affiliating unitary universities also got nod of the Cabinet.