A team of functionaries of district BJP unit met Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw and submitted a charter of demands for the development of the district.
The team headed by district BJP president Umakanta Mohapatra, besides demanding a new railway division in Baleswar, also demanded early completion of the proposed Rupsa-Digha rail project.
The other demands included the daily running of Samaleswari express which is currently weekly and its stoppage at Jaleswar station, daily running of Baripada – Puri express, reservation counter at Bhograi, shifting of loading and unloading activities of the railway to Somnathpur logistic park, a flyover near Bampada level crossing, a train connecting Baleswar and Ghatagaon Tarini and an IT park on a 1,000 acre patch of land, etc.
Similarly, the team handed over a charter of demands to Education Minister Pradhan which included establishment of a Sainik school in the district, two more Kendriya Vidyalayas, one each at Nilgiri and Bhograi, own building of KV-II and a training college of fisheries in Baleswar.