Noted trade union leader Santosh Kumar Pattanaik and his eight mega organisations’ representatives lent their support to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the Mahanadi issue.
Paradip Port Banika Sangha secretary Debabrata Sahoo, Eastern India Oil Refinery Workers’ Union secretary Padmalochan Dash, Baba Biswanath Dumper Owners’ Association secretary Deepak Behera, East Cost Brewery Employees’ Union secretary Babuli Charan Das, Paradip Port land looser Farmers’ Association secretary Mihir Kanta Sahoo, Jagatsinghpur District Truck Owners’ Association secretary Ranjit Beura, Oil Refinery Contract labours’ Cooperative Society secretary Basanta Palai, East India Kaibarta Maha Sava secretary Akshya Kumar Swain led by Pattanaik met the Chief Minister on Thursday last and submitted their memorandum.