Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will hoist the National Flag and take the salute at the state-level Independence Day celebration in Bhubaneswar on August 15.
The state government has assigned Deputy Chief Ministers and ministers to lead Independence Day programmes across several districts.
Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo will attend the celebration in Kalahandi, while Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida will be in Sundargarh.
Among the ministers, Suresh Pujari will lead the programme in Cuttack, Rabi Narayan Naik in Angul, Nityananda Gond in Malkangiri and Krushna Chandra Patra in Sambalpur.
Prithiviraj Harichandan will attend the event in Ganjam, Mukesh Mahaling in Rayagada, Bibhuti Bhusan Jena in Kandhamal and Krushna Chandra Mahapatra in Khordha.
Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia has been assigned to Puri, while Suryabanshi Suraj, Pradeep Bal Samanta, Gokulananda Mallik and Sampad Chandra Swain will lead celebrations in Balangir, Baleshwar, Gajapati and Koraput respectively.
Senior administrative officials will oversee celebrations in the remaining districts. The Regional Development Commissioner of the Central Division will attend the programme in Jagatsinghpur, while the Southern Division RDC will be present in Brahmapur.
District collectors will lead celebrations in several other districts, while the Additional District Magistrate of Rourkela will attend the programme there.