The Agria community, which is predominately dependant on agriculture, mainly reside in the districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Kalahandi , Balangir and Deogarh.
Recently, they had met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and apprised him of their various problems. They had requested the CM to provide them a piece of land as they are facing problems in staying at Bhubaneswar while coming here.
Keeping the greater interest of Agria community in mind, the CM has announced half an acre of land for them and directed the Chief Secretary to take steps to identify the land. Besides, Rs 3 crore would be provided for construction of an Agria Community Bhawan.