A Government building situated at Barunei near here has allegedly been encroached and damaged by the authorities of a technical college. This has been stated in a Press release issued by New Thinking Forum president Narendra Kumar Prusti. The forum has brought the matter to notice of the Khordha Collector in a memorandum and sought inquiry into it to get back the land to the district administration.According to the release, the then Chief Minister JB Patnaik had laid foundation stone of a new DRDA building at Barunei in 1999 and building was constructed at a cost of Rs 50 lakh by Roads & Building Department in an area of 2321 acres in Mukunda Prasad Mouza. The release further stated that an area of 15.8 acres was leased out in two phases by IDCO to Knowledge Trust, owner of TITE Engineering College, out of the total 16.840 acres owned by IDCO and remaining 1,832 acres was handed over for DRDA building. As area was full of forest cover, the college authorities allegedly took possession of it and an adjacent place to their allotted land by erecting a boundary wall.During due course of time, the college authorities had sought permission of Panchayati Raj Department to purchase both lands and building, but it was turned by department. In view of silence of both administration and locals, college authorities damaged building. The forum has demanded reconstruction of building; otherwise they would resort to agitation, the release added.