The fourth anniversary of the Odisha Shilpi Mahasangha’ was celebrated at the Vyasadev Town Hall here recently.
A seminar conducted on the occasion was attended by lok Sevak Mandal president Deepak Malabya, Korai MlA Akash Das Nayak, Handicrafts Director AK Panigrahi, Tata Trust chief advisor Sisir Ranjan Das, Utkalika president Jatin Sahoo, Human Rights Commission member Manoj Jena, Bipin Bihari Sahoo and Sridhar Behera. They spoke about the problems of craftsmen in the State and urged for solution.
Around 500 craftsmen participated in the programme. Craftsmen Braja Kishore Jena and Devi Prasanna Nanda and voluntary organisation activists like NR Dis, Achyuta Maharana, Sanghamitra Das, Soudamini Swain, Pankaj Das and Sashikant Das were felicitated. The mahasangha said it would stage a dharna in front of Textiles, Handlooms and Handicrafts Minister Snehagini Chhuria’s official residence in protest against the State Government’s alleged apathy towards craftsmen.
Mahasangha working president Udaya Mohanty, secretary Biseswarbasu Mallick and organising secretary Priya Ranjan Kar coordinated the programme.