Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) is an administrative set-up established by the government of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

on 11 November 1998. This council was particularly established to bring development in the backward

western Odisha Western Odisha is the western part of the state of Odisha in India, extending from the Kalahandi district in the south to the Sundargarh district in the north. History Historically it has been included within the larger region of Greater Kal ...

region. This

organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

is highly criticized by politicians, and members of the civil society as it has failed to live up to the expectations. Many says that formation of the Western Orissa Development Council is an acknowledgement of regional imbalance, and term it as "rehabilitation platform" for the ruling party. The Odisha State Legislative Assembly demanding removal of the chairperson of the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) and its expert members.

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Koshal Discussion and Development Forum

Voice of Western Orissa
{{Western Orissa State agencies of Odisha Sambalpur 1998 establishments in Orissa Government agencies established in 1998