CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the construction of a flyover at Joda recently through video conference. The 3 km flyover on Joda-Basebari highway was long standing demand of the people. After the flyover inauguration, messages from different quarters poured in praising the CM for taking steps to mitigate the difficulties of Joda people. Keonjhar Civil Society president former Wing Commander Engineer Kiran Sahu, who was relentlessly raising the issue at different forums and writing letters starting from the CM to the PM has expressed his gratitude to CM for approval of two important projects, ie, Joda flyover and Barbil By-pass.
Sahu has also thanked The Pioneer' for covering a news on the issue that had a far reaching impact.