The district administration here assured the leaders of a host of outfits to act upon their demands. District Collector Roopa Roshan Sahoo presented a letter to these leaders on the actions taken already within the last couple of days. Notably, these outfits had warned of starting an indefinite strike from October 29, but seeing the positive response of the administration, they finally decided not to go for it.
The outfits namely Dhenkanal Zilla Mahila Surakhya Maha Sangathana, Kamakhyanagar Jana Surakhya Samiti, Krushak Sangharsha Samiti and Anti Corruption Committee, earlier, had submitted a memorandum to the district Collector and SP Nikhil Kanodia comprising several demands and sought action of the administration on them.
The Kamakhyanagar Sub-Collector was asked to submit an action taken report on encroachment of soil conservation land by BJD leader Jasobanta Parida. Similarly the Sub-Collector was told to conduct an enquiry into the allegations of PDS irregularities in Arakhapal, Bedhapal ,Khurusia , Sasapasi and Dalia villages in June, July and August last. The Dhenkanal Sub-Collector was also asked to inquire into the allegations of sanction work order of Anganwadi Centre building at Sankulei without convening Palli Sabha.
Kamakhyanagar SDPO Sekh Abdul Karim convened a meeting with the workers of the organizations at his office in presence of IIC Pravat Tripathy by the order of the SP. More than hundred workers were present along with Debashisha Hota, Urbasi Nayak, Susama Samal, Banita Das, Saraswati Mahapatra, Minaketan Sahoo, Santosh Maharana, Bansidhar Tripathy and Sarbeswar Mishra.