Activist and lawyer Srikanta Padhi has submitted a memorandum addressed to the State Governor through the RDC (Southern Division) on a five-point charter of demands on the miseries of Ganjam migrant returnees.
Even though Ganjam is the most populous district in the State with all natural resources but its place in earning and employment map of the country is quire precarious, he pointed out.In view of the country-wide Covid-19 pandemic, more than 4 lakh Ganjam migrants have returned back to their native places in Ganjam and are in great fiscal stress. They are passing through mental trauma since last seven months, he added.
The key demands raised in the memorandum include establishment of a textile park at national heritage village Padmanabhapur in Ganjam district and engagement of more than 3 lakh skilled and non-skilled migrant workers; registration for workers from Ganjam migrating to other States and a data base; halting of all trains passing through Brahampur Railway station; development of neglected Odia migrant workers in Surat and posting of a senior IAS officer of the State to look after the issue; revival of the Aska Cotton Mill and establishment of another cotton mill at Hinjilikatu to generate employment for the locals.