A symposium has been held on the subject “Development of Brajrajnagar” at Belpahar to commemorate the Gountia of Remanda late Mohammad Khalil.
Organised under the chairmanship of Professor Tapan Barik, the programme was attended by WODC Chairman Kishore Kumar Mohanty as chief guest, former Chairman of Lakhanpur Block Sanat Singh, Goutam Pradhan, Kishore Prasad Mishra, Shyamsundar Satpathy, Gunanidhi Pati as guests of honour. On the occasion, renowned artist Subash Chandra Pradhan was felicitated with Mohammad Khalil Gountia Award.
Brajrajnagar constituency was formed during 1961. Even after lapse of so many years, genuine problems like education, health, electricity, transport, agriculture, division status, block bifurcation, problems of Hirakud Barrage displaced persons, modernisation of Belpahar Rail Station, Coal corridor etc. have not been solved till date. Chief guest Kishore Mohanty attributed this failure due to lack of willpower among the leaders of the locality.
Mohanty, however, assured to work for the renovation of Sukhasoda and Sarada village ponds. The other guest Gunanidhi Pati said that these can easily be sorted out with the will power of the people’srepresentatives. Senior Journalist Mehboob Mahtab spoked about the necessity of solving these basic problems while Sanat Singh said about the necessity of setting up of mega irrigation project to attract younger groups. Likewise, Kishore Prasad Mishra said that the development of the locality has not been possible during the last 20 years.
The programme was coordinated by Gyanabrat Bhoi while Jaykrusna Mohapatra gave a vote of thanks.