The Dakshina Odisha Unnayan Parishad has demanded an early installation of a memorial of the Odisha’s first Prime Minister and maker of new Odisha Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati here and stopping of Andhra Pradesh’ efforts to loot water of the Mahendratanaya river.
The Parishad made the demands at a meeting held under chairmanship of Bhrugu Baxipatra here on Saturday. President Rama Chandra Mishra, secretary Purna Chandra Mishra, treasurer Bijay Kumar Adhikari and joint secretary Bipin Bihari Panda were present.
The other demands included development of Mahendragiri Hill, renovation of Naupada-Gunpur railway line and stations at Paralakhemundi and Gunpur, renovation of seven water sources for agriculture and construction of a road from Paralakhemundi to Brahmapur via Kainpur and Tumba.
A steering committee was formed to present these demands before the State Government. The committee comprises Purnachandra Mahapatra as covenor, Rupesh Kumar Sahu as co-convenor and K Ramaswamy, Adarsha Kumar Das, Bharat Bhushan Mohanty, P Krishna, Nrushingha Charan Patnaik, Siddheshwar Mishra, Meenakshi Sahu, Arunima Sahu, Surjya Narayan Patnaik, Anadi Panigrahi, Batakurshna Patra and Bibhu Bhushan Behera as members.