173 AE, 353 JE, 1,449 GRS posts vacant

| | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

There are 426 Assistant Engineer and 853 Junior Engineer sanctioned posts at the block level in the State and, of them, 173 and 353 posts are now lying vacant, respectively.

Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Pradeep Maharathy informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress MLA Ansuman Mohanty on Tuesday.

The Minister further informed that there are 6,234 VLW and 6,798 GRS sanctioned posts at the block level and, of them, 173 and 1,449 posts are lying vacant, respectively.

The State Government is taking efforts to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest, the Minister said.