An emergency meeting of the Dakshin Odisha Unnayana Parishad was held here on Monday to discuss the possible merger of the Dakshin Odisha Vikash Parishad with the Dakshin Odisha Unnayana Parishad.
The office-bearers and representatives of both the organisations were present in the meeting which was convened at the behest of scribe Rabi Rath. After the members discussed threadbare the possible outcome of the merger, it was unanimously decided to place the merger proposal put forward by Dakshin Odisha Unnayana Parishad president Jagdish Chandra Buxipatra in the next general body meeting scheduled to be held in May this year. In the meeting, representatives from all the seven districts will participate in a comprehensive discussion. Till the general body is held, advocate Bhagaban Sahu and Rath would remain as convenor and secretary of the Parishad respectively. The basic objective of the proposed merger is to strengthen the Parishad and to fight unitedly for an all-round development of south Odisha.
The members urged the Government for construction of a dam on the upper bank of river Bansadhara. Among others, advocate Sudhansu Sekhar Panda, Dr Chandramani Swain, Er Benugopal Choudhury, Rasabihari Mohanty, advocate Siba Prasad Mishra, Sarat Sahu, Santosh Kumar Mahapatra, Brundaban Sabat and Abani Kumar Gaya participated.