Ahead of the upcoming ULB elections, Health Minister and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das on Monday urged his party workers to work hard to strengthen the party and engage them in development activities and organisation work.After the Assembly session, Das in Jharsuguda discussed the matter with party workers. A preparatory meeting was held officially here with the BJD party workers of Jharsuguda municipality in which Minister Das requested them to be prepared for the ensuing municipality election and take necessary action for solving the problems of people in each and every ward and strengthen the party's stand taking up development works at grassroots level. He also directed the party workers to work with dedication and determination.In his address, Minister Das said, "We are going ahead with a dream to build a new Jharsuguda."New hospital, transforming old hospital to Urban CHC, large stadium, construction of new bus stand, rail over bridge in Chowkipara, Prasana Panda Chowk and Sarbahal and widening the approach road to new headquarters hospital will be completed soon in a phased and time bound manner, told Das. In the coming days, a 15-member committee will be formed alongwith ward-wise committees to prepare for the municipality election, Minister Das added.
Das asked the party activists to become tech-savvy and more active on the social media to stay in touch with the people. The Town BJD president coordinated the preparatory meeting in the presence of BJD Women's wing leader Deepali Das, former Municipality Chairman Tapas Ray Chowdhury, Harish Ganatra and Suresh Lokchandani among others.