The Jagatsinghpur Bikash Mancha and Gandhibadi Forum took an initiative to renovate the Alaka Ashram in Jagatsinghpur town.
Representatives of two organisations Devendra Rout and Dr Rina Routray, accompanied by freedom fighter and former MP AV Swami, met district Collector SK Mohapatra on Monday.
The Alaka Ashram was built in the year 1922 at Jagatsinghpur which had been giving home to freedom fighters during freedom struggle and after independence, the ashram has lost its existence and importance. Even the land has not been recorded in the name of the ashrama.
Collector Mohapatra held an elaborate discussion with the representatives and assured to take steps in rejuvenating the ashram.