A delegation of the Congress legislature party led by leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Tuesday visited Chhattisgarh and made an on-spot assessment of the progress in the construction of barrages over river Mahanadi there.
However, the team faced opposition from supporters of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi-led Chhattisgarh Janata Congress.
Jogi’s supporters opposed the delegation in Raigad. Police arrested 20 of the protesters and facilitated the visit of the team to the proposed sites.
The other members of the team were Naba Kishore Das, Subala Sahu, Debendra Sharma, Prakash Chandra Behera, Ansuman Mohanty and Jogesh Kumar Singh. They also held discussions with Water Resources Department officials
of the Chhattisgarh Government.
Meanwhile, continuing their strike, the ruling BJD on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Bargarh district Collector’s office opposing the construction of barrages by the Chhattisgarh Government upstream of river Mahanadi.
BJD workers and leaders had staged a similar dharna on Monday in front of the District Collectorate in Sambalpur.
The party would hold similar dharnas in 15 districts in phases till August 11.