The Sanaghagara waterfall in Keonjhar is a prominent tourist spot of the State. It is situated beside NH-49.
Lakhs of tourists from different parts of India visit the spot, but during picnic season, there is always a heavy rush, particularly around the New Year.
Recently, the four laning of the NH 49 is going on in full swing for which traffic congestion is faced by tourists visiting the spot. Apart from that dust from the NH because of the construction activities has polluted the tourist area damaging the gardens and trees.
But the dangerous part is that connecting road opening to the busy NH-49 directly making it the most accident prone spot in the district. With thousands of vehicles coming to Sanaghagara daily, there is a need of a service road for safety of tourists.
The NH authorites should look into it, many tourists demanded. The Progressive Citizens Forum president Dhirendra Rout demanded daily sprinkling of water on the road, immediate construction of a service road at Sanaghagara and completion of the service road at the intersection of NH49 and NH 215 bypass road so that there can be safe.
"It’s a genuine demand and I will bring it to the notice of the authorities," local MLA Mohan Majhi assured.
