The laying of foundation stone for seven road projects involving `18 crore was held in the Sadar constituency area jointly by the MP RK Jena and local MlA JP Dash.
The roads include Kuradiha -PWD road of `1.31 crore, Channua fishery road-Badagobora of `2.77 crore, Gopinathpur- Nalida of `4.55 crore, Mahapada-Olonda-Saragaon of `2.84 crore, and RD road to Gududa of `2.53 crore.
Besides, the foundation stone in Mahapda village under Olondasaragaon panchayat for a cyclone centre of `1.75 crore and a road from Jhinkiria to NH-60 of `1.92 crore was laid by them.
During the programmes, party workers meet in Chhanua, Bahabalpur, Gopinathpur, Kuradiha and Olonda Saragaon were held which were addressed by MP Jena and MlA Dash and other party leaders.
Sadar block chairman Radhakrushna Jena, Zilla Parshad member Barada Prasanna Pattnaik, several other Sarpanchs and ward members were present.