The stir over the death of a student who met with an accident while being engaged by the headmaster of his school to decorate pandals on the eve of the Ganesh Puja in Kendrapada was called off on Wednesday after the administration assured to fulfil the demands of the agitators
Following the death of Dalit boy Gyanendra Mallick, son of Indramani Mallick, of Orta village under Mahakalapada police station, a class X student of Deulipada-based Gajeswar Vidyapitha on Sunday night, the locals held the agitation at Otra Ghata bridge by keeping the body and blocking the road on Angulai -Bijaynagar road.
Mahakalapada BDO Kailash Chandra Behera, tehsildar Nilamadhab Bhoi, District Education Officer Sangram Sahu, the SDPO along with police team rushed to the agitation place and discussed with the agitators.
The agitation was withdrawn following the senior officials of the district administration provided a sum of `30,000 from the District Red Cross , whereas local Aleilo co-operative society provided a sum of `10,000 and a delegate from OSSTA provided `2 ,000. Apart from this the local tehsildar assured to provide 4 decimal of Government land to the landless parent of the deceased. The BDO assured to disburse `10,000 from the block administration, besides providing Biju Pakka Ghar work order of `1.48 lakh to the deceased’s father.