Summary:
BHUBANESWAR: An upscale locality of the city - Nandan Vihar - is yet to come under the jurisdiction of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) despite its surroundings enjoying the civic body's benefits. We are at a loss to understand why out locality is not being given any attention while other villages were recently included in the BMC area," said another resident Prahallad Das The BMC commissioner said, "Shortage of funds is preventing the BMC from including the area within its jurisdiction. While the adjoining areas fall under the BMC, we have been deprived of basic facilities," added Mohapatra. The area is still part of the Kalarahanga gram panchayat.The residents had moved the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and the BMC several times for inclusion of the area under the corporation. "We have been deprived of basic facilities such as roads, street lights, water supply, drainage and sewerage system..