Bhubaneswar, October 7: The BJP government in Odisha has decided to change the colour of government buildings and offices across the state to shades of orange and red, officials said. The exterior walls will be painted orange with red borders, they said. Works Department Special Secretary Lakshmi Kanta Padhi has written a letter to the engineer-in-chief of different wings, MD of the Odisha Bridge & Construction Corporation Ltd (OB&CC) and all chief engineers under the department in this regard on Monday. Over 16,000 Junior Teachers Recruited in Single Day in Odisha.

“I am directed to communicate the approval of the government to adopt uniform colour code henceforth for all new government buildings as well as existing government buildings at the time of periodical repair/renovation work,” Padhi wrote. A uniform colour has been finalised for the government buildings after holding discussions with different departments, the state's Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan told reporters here. Odisha Govt Changes School Uniform of Students of Classes 9, 10.

The Odisha government will go ahead with the painting exercise after the monsoon season, he said. Government buildings in the eastern state do not sport a uniform colour at present.

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