Noted trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak has begun a winter clothes distribution drive under a nomenclature “Winter Revolution” in the State.
Nayak said over 5,000 people of Vyasanagar and Baula Bhuban area in Jajpur district were given old and new winter clothes between January 2 and 6. New old clothes were collected from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Jajpur Road between January 7 and 10.
Nayak informed that as many as 35 soldiers led by All India Azadi Thengabahini chief commander Krushak Laxman Das have joined the drive. Nayak flagged off a truck and four Bolero loads of winter clothes for Daringibadi in Kandhamal district after garlanding Utkalmani Gopabandhu statue here on Friday. Clothes would be distributed at Daringibadi on Saturday, at Rangapadar in Kalahandi on January 13, at Khariar Road in Nuapada district on January 14. The team would to Jajpur Road via Bargarh, Redhakhol, Anugul and Dhenkanal on January 15.