Former Jharsuguda District Congress president, well-known social activist, founder-chairman of Indira Devi Sultania Memorial Institute and also founder of the Jharsuguda Small Scale Industries Kishanlal Sultania passed away at his home in Marwaripara here on Saturday. He had been suffering from old-age ailments for a long time. He was 94 and is survived by three sons and three daughters.
The news of his demise has grieved his supporters and friends across party lines. Many senior leaders and eminent personalities of the district rushed to meet his family to express their condolences.
Sultania was respected widely among the civil society for his charitable endeavours. He was a trustee of the Indra Devi Memorial Institute, which has been instrumental in up-skilling hundreds of women in the district, thereby making them self-dependent.
Sultania’s final rites were performed at Sarbahal's Muktidham here on Sunday afternoon.