Patnaik expresses 'serious concern' over absence of Odia inscription on kilometre stones, information boards on National Highways in Odisha
"Citing Ministry of Road Transport and Highways circular dated 24th December, 2004 for inscription of all information boards to be in in local, Devanagri and Roman scripts, he sought Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari's directions to authorities to strictly follow guidelines on local language," read a post on the CMO Odisha Facebook page.
Patnaik raised the issues of public inconvenience being caused due to perceptible lack of destination and place identification boards inscribed in Odia script on NHs, read the post.
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