Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday visited Koraput and laid foundation stone for the proposed medical college at Koraput. Patnaik in the morning arrived at Jeypore airstrip in a helicopter and then he landed at the BSF sector headquarters at Koraput in a special helicopter. He was taken to OMP ground where he laid foundation stone of the medical college which would be constructed in a total of 17.5 acres of land here.
later the Chief Minister laid foundation stone of a Kalyan Mandap and project of modernisation of Chandan Pokhori at Koraput and inaugurated some hostels for children in Narayanpatna, Boriguma and Bandhugaon.
All these inauguration and laying of foundation stone excercises held at the same venue. Among others, Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Koraput MP Jhina Hikaka, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi, all MlAs of undivided Koraput and BJD leaders were present.
After the visit of the Chief Minister was over, Jeypore Congress MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Koraput MlA Krushna Sagaria, laxmipur MlA Kailash Kulesika and Kotpad MlA Chandra Sekhar Majhi demanded at a Press meet
to name the medical college at Koraput in the name of freedom fighter laxman Nayak. They also demanded for establishing of an Agriculture University at Semiliguda.