{"id":56455,"date":"2026-02-09T15:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=56455"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:12:53","slug":"smt-usha-padhee-ias-assumes-charge-as-chairperson-idco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2026\/02\/09\/smt-usha-padhee-ias-assumes-charge-as-chairperson-idco\/","title":{"rendered":"Smt. Usha Padhee, IAS Assumes Charge as Chairperson, IDCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhubaneswar,Date 9th Feb 2026 ( Odisha Samachar \/ Rajat Mohapatra)- Smt. Usha Padhee, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Housing &amp; Urban Development Department, today assumed additional charge as Chairperson of the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO).<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56456 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Soon after taking over, Smt. Padhee held a detailed and meaningful discussion with senior officers and staff of IDCO. The interaction focused on the organisation\u2019s ongoing initiatives, key priorities, and the roadmap for further strengthening industrial infrastructure across Odisha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0During the meeting, Smt. Padhee emphasized the importance of timely project execution, transparency, inter-departmental coordination, and efficient investor facilitation. She underlined IDCO\u2019s pivotal role in enabling industrial growth through land development, infrastructure creation, and facilitation of investments across the State.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56458 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-3-300x171.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-3-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-3.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56457 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-2-300x148.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-2-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UP-2.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0Smt. Padhee also highlighted that industrial infrastructure development must go hand-in-hand with planned urban growth. She emphasized the importance of creating well-planned industrial townships with supporting civic amenities, mobility, and sustainable infrastructure, ensuring balanced and integrated regional development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0She appreciated the efforts of the IDCO team and encouraged them to work with renewed commitment, professionalism, and a collaborative approach to support Odisha\u2019s vision for accelerated industrial development and inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar,Date 9th Feb 2026 ( Odisha Samachar \/ Rajat Mohapatra)- Smt. Usha Padhee, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Housing &amp; Urban Development Department, today assumed additional charge as Chairperson of the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO). \u00a0Soon after taking over, Smt. Padhee held a detailed and meaningful discussion with senior officers and staff &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56458,"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\/56455"}],"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=56455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56459,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56455\/revisions\/56459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}