Bhubaneswar, April 26: Odisha government today appointed Senior IAS Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra as Additional Chief Secretary of Health & Family Welfare department.

 He will be in additional charge of Revenue & Disaster Management department while Nikunja Dhal will continue as Principal Secretary of H&FW department.

Besides the state government also appointed as many as 22 IAS officers as Covid-19 observers to coordinate preparedness at district level anticipating return of Odias stranded outside state, after lockdown.