The BJP Bhubaneswar District Committee kick-started its campaign for the BMC polls, with street meetings and street plays across the city. On the occasion of the New Year, party’s senior leader Biswabhushan Harichandan inaugurated the campaign at the lingaraj Temple.
The actors of the street play highlighted the BJD Government’s apathy towards the development of the BMC area, especially slum areas during its tenure.
They narrated about the untold miseries of the residents of the low-lying area during rainy days due to faulty sewerage system.
The leaders also organised street meetings to make people aware of the party’s stand with regard to basic service delivery and development in the capital city. Presiding over a series of such meetings, BJP Bhubaneswar District Committee president Amiya Das said the State Government failed to control law and order situation in the city and even failed to solve the civic woes.
“Though the BJD is in power, it didn’t take any exemplary step to address the problems of the city dwellers,” said party leader Samir Mohanty addressing the mass. Among others, corporater candidates of the party were present.
DAV girl wins national painting contest Bhubaneswar: Samikhshya Satpathy, a Class-VIII student of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here, achieved the third position in a national painting competition, organised by the Union Ministry of Ground Water Resources at New Delhi, recently. Samikshya received a cash award of Rs 25,000 along with certificate and gifts by Union Minister of Water Resources Harish Rawat. Over 19 lakhs students had participated in the first phase of the competition, among which 90 students were shortlisted for the final round. The school fraternity has also felicitated Samikhshya for her achievement.
Jail child inmates celebrate New Year Bhubaneswar: The inmates of the Madhurmayee Adarsha Shiksha Nikatan in the premises of the Jharpada jail celebrated the New Year in a unique way on Wednesday. The function was organised by Delhi-based Association for Social Service Rehabilitation of the Aged (ASSRA). The parents of the inmates of the Nikatan are undergoing life imprisonment. Attending the function, former High Court judge M Papanna said everyone and voluntary organisations should come forward and help such inmates so that they are brought to the mainstream of the society.