Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists led by Ajay Dash on Tuesday gheroed the Minor Irrigation Executive Engineer’s office here demanding early commencement of the laxmijore development work for which `10.67 crore has already been sanctioned. They too submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Receiving the memorandum, MI Executive Engineer Hiralal Panigrahi told the activists that the project has not been handed over to his office by the Balangir Municipality. “A total of `10.67 crore has already been sanctioned for development of the laxmijore, which comes under the Balangir Municipality. Tender has also been invited. The project has not been handed over to us,” said Panigrahi.