BJP leader Brughu Baxipatra argued for immediate intervention of the Central Government for proper running of the AIR Jeypore. AIR Jeypore was started in 1964 for providing radio services to the people of tribal area at large, but since 1997, the service was disrupted due to the lack of proper care of by the Government of India, he said, demanding to run the news and services in local regional language and increase transmission capacity of the station.
Baxipatra also said when there is a requirement of Rs 1.20 crore for revival of the station the Government has only released Rs 42 lakh which is very less. He said that the AIR Jeypore has given nearly Rs 48 lakh to the Centre in the form of advertisement as revenue but due to lack of budgetary allotment, it is hard to run meet the administration, programme and transmission expenses of the station.
He also demanded to fill up vacant posts of one Station Director, two Asst Station Directors, two Music Composers, five Programme Executives, 14 Transmission Executives and nine Music Executives. Baxipatra also urged to use Desia bhasa as a common language and read news in the dialect.
He has also argued the Human Resource Ministry of the Government of India to look into the problems afflicting the Central University of Odisha (CUO) which was established by a special Act by the Parliament in 2009 at Koraput for uplifting the educational system of the undivided Koraput district, but due to lack of proper maintenance and proper care, the condition of the CUO is getting worse. He also lamented that since 2014, no permanent Vice Chancellor was recruited in the university.
Baxipatra also demanded giving a permanent Registrar, Finance Officer and filling other vacant posts of the university immediately. He also demanded making a Skill Hub at the CUO by taking help from the local industries like Nalco, HAl, Aditya Alluminium, Timber, JK and BIlT.