MlAs of Sadar, Hindol, Kamakhyanagar and Parjang apprised the fifth general body meeting of the Dhenkanal Zilla Parishad (ZP) held here on Friday that as many as 50 posts of doctors are lying vacant in the district which needs to be filled up soon. Also, there is need of establishing more health centres in the district, they added.
However, Chief District Medial Officer Dr Chitta Ranjan Nayak reportedly poured cold water on the demands much to the chagrin of 17 out of 27 Zilla Parishad (ZP) members who walked out of the meeting in a whiff.
The meeting, presided over by ZP president Binodini Samal, discussed issues like rural water supply, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes (MGREGS).
Executive Engineer of Rural Development apprised the meeting that 37 roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are under construction, while project director of DRDA said that 1,76,192 families under 198 Gram Panchayats in Dhenkanal district have received job cards during the fiscal 2013-14. In total, 5,30,789 workers have registered their names in the district, he added.
Collector Rupa Roshan Sahu directed the officials to expedite the ongoing development works in the district.