RPDAC meet on Feb 8

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Rourkela: Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committees (RPDAC) meeting of the Sundargarh district will be held at Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) conference hall here on February 8 this month. The meeting will begin at 11 am.

Earlier, it was decided to organize the meeting at Pragati Mandap in Sundargarh. However, it was later decided to shift the meeting to Rourkela, informed Ajay Kumar Jena, District Information and Public Relation Officer.

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