Secretary to Chief Minister (5T) VK Pandian, who was on a tour of Ganjam district, attended a grievance redressal meeting at Chhatrapur on Sunday. Locals including farmers submitted an array of genuine and long-pending demands to him for early redressal.
The prominent demands included development of Rushikulya mouth with fishing jetty, construction of over bridge at Narendraur, development of the sea-beach at Bateswar and Jaleswar, construction of mega LIP from Purushottampur Ganda via Palanga and Santoshpur gram panchayats.
Later, the leaders also submitted a copy of their grievances to former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda for perusal. The 5T Secretary addressed the gathering and assured them for an early redressal of their grievances.Over 15,000 women attended the programme. More than 200 grievance petitions were handed over to Pandian.
On the occasion, a huge procession was taken out by youths led by veteran trade union leader Shankar Das, Kishore Reddy, youth leader Lakshmi Padhi, Chhatrapur Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, PR representatives of both Chhatrapur and Ganjam blocks.