Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today appointed several ministers and MLAs as chairpersons of District Planning Committees (DPCs) for districts across the state.

According to the official list, 30 leaders have been assigned responsibility for overseeing district-level planning and development activities.

The appointments are as follows:

Ashok Mohanty: Angul
Laxman Bag: Balangir
Padmalochan Panda: Balasore
Ashwini Kumar Sarangi: Bargarh
Sitanshu Sekhar Mohapatra: Bhadrak
Kanhai Charan Dang: Boudh
Chhabi Mallick: Cuttack
Suresh Pujari: Deogarh
Simarani Nayak: Dhenkanal
Prithiviraj Harichandan: Gajapati
Purna Chandra Sethi: Ganjam
Amarendra Das: Jagatsinghpur
Akash Dashnayak: Jajpur
Tankadhar Tripathy: Jharsuguda
Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi: Kalahandi
Uma Charan Mallick: Kandhamal
Durga Prasan Nayak: Kendrapara
Fakir Mohan Naik: Keonjhar
Prasanta Kumar Jagadev: Khordha
Raghuram Machha: Koraput
Narsinga Madkami: Malkangiri
Bhaskar Madhei: Mayurbhanj
Gouri Shankar Majhi: Nabarangpur
Dusmanta Kumar Swain: Nayagarh
Jay Dholkia: Nuapada
Om Prakash Mishra: Puri
Nityananda Gond: Rayagada
Krushna Chandra Patra: Sambalpur
Raghunath Jagadala: Subarnapur
Durga Charan Tanti: Sundargarh

District Planning Committees play a key role in preparing and consolidating development plans at the district level by integrating rural and urban priorities. The appointments are expected to streamline planning and improve coordination among departments at the grassroots level.