Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik on Wednesday laid foundation stone for the construction of a 17-km-long river embankment at Badagumati villager under the district’s Badachana block.
Addressing a public meeting at Padmalavapur, he criticised the UPA Government at the Centre for ignoring Odisha’s Special Category State status demand.
The people of the State would give a befitting reply to the UPA constituents in the elections, he said. Patnaik said his Government has completed construction works of 15 bridges in the district within a decade.
Stating that big foreign industrial houses are coming to establish industries in the State, the Chief Minister said the industrialisation process would solve the unemployment problems of the State Among others, Badachana MlA Amar Satapathy and Jajpur MP Mohan Jena spoke on the occassion.