Receives 32 plaints; distributes 58 land pattas
Keonjhar district Collector Bishnu Prasad Sahoo received 32 complaints while conducting a public grievances hearing in Joda block on Monday.
The complaints included delay in rehabilitation of Kanpur project-affected people, pollution problem on the Birikala Bhagalpur gram panchayat road due to dust and west materials of the Tata sponge and problems relating to IAY, BPl card and electricity.
The most important complaint was bought to the notice of the Collector is one laduram Bodra, a tribal whose 28 acres of land has been acquired by Tata sponge, is now living in miserable condition and maintaining his family by earning daily wages. The Collector distributed 58 land patta to landless and widow allowance of `20,000 each to 14 widows on this occasion.
Among others, SP Kabita Jalan, Champua Sub-Collector Manish Agarwal, DRDA PD Biranchi Narayan Mohanty and Joda BDO Ghasiram Murmu were present.
After end of the hearing, the Collector visited the Central Hospital and Kamarjoda PHC. Disturbed over poor condition in the PHC premises, Sahoo directed Assistant Executive Engineer of Joda block Manoj Behera to complete the hospital repairing work as soon as possible.