{"id":53809,"date":"2025-10-24T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=53809"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:31:00","slug":"urban-conclave-2025-concludes-with-a-call-for-vibrant-inclusive-cities-smt-usha-padhee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/10\/24\/urban-conclave-2025-concludes-with-a-call-for-vibrant-inclusive-cities-smt-usha-padhee\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Conclave 2025 Concludes with a Call for Vibrant, Inclusive Cities: Smt. Usha Padhee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhubaneswar,24\/10\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra )-The two-day Odisha Urban Conclave \u2013 2025, organised by the Housing &amp; Urban Development Department, concluded today with a collective resolve to build vibrant, sustainable, and people-centric cities across the State.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-53810 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-1-300x177.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-1-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-1.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delivering the valedictory address, Smt. Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, H&amp;UD Department, outlined Odisha\u2019s vision to position Rourkela and Bhubaneswar among the top 100 global cities. She emphasised the need for private investment, leveraging smart city experience, and optimising human and technological resources to achieve the State\u2019s long-term vision of Viksit Odisha \u2013 2036 and Viksit Bharat \u2013 2047.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53812 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-3-300x179.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-3-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-3.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-2-300x166.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-2-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-2.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smt. Padhee urged officers and urban functionaries to work with cooperation and collective spirit, ensuring effective implementation of projects and better service delivery through close coordination with departmental verticals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shri Arindam Dakua, Director, Municipal Administration, highlighted key departmental priorities and flagship programmes such as Mukhyamantri Saharika Basera Yojana (MSBY), AMRUT, Pothole-Free Urban Odisha, Pedestrian Path Development, and Strengthening Own Source Revenue (OSR) \u2014 all aimed at improving infrastructure, mobility, and the financial sustainability of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53814 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-5-300x110.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-5-300x110.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-5.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53813 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-4-300x164.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-4-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-4.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Conclave also featured thematic sessions on Urban Housing, Water Supply, Sanitation, and Infrastructure Development, where best practices under PMAY-U, SUJAL Mission, SBM(U), and GARIMA were showcased. Outstanding ULBs and officers were felicitated for innovative practices promoting cleaner, greener, and more inclusive cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event concluded with a renewed commitment from all stakeholders\u00a0 to work collectively towards a Vibrant Urban Odisha \u2014 through innovation, citizen partnership, and sustainable urban governance.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-53815 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-6-300x149.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-6-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/U-6.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar,24\/10\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra )-The two-day Odisha Urban Conclave \u2013 2025, organised by the Housing &amp; Urban Development Department, concluded today with a collective resolve to build vibrant, sustainable, and people-centric cities across the State. Delivering the valedictory address, Smt. Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, H&amp;UD Department, outlined Odisha\u2019s vision to position Rourkela and Bhubaneswar among &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53816,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809\/revisions\/53816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}