Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday released books written by a serving young IAS officer and a senior journalist.

The Ganjam district collector Vijaya Amruta Kulange, the bureaucrat who contained the spread of Covid-19 in the most difficult district of the State, has penned a book titled ‘Aji Dinati Mora’ (Today is Mine) based on his own experience as a bureaucrat on the ground. Senior journalist Rabi Priya Dash has written a poetry book ‘Urbarsira Goan’.

Releasing the book by Kulange, the CM said the book will inspire the young people of the State. He also praised the senior journalist for penning poems connecting his life journey with the nature.