Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for speeding up development of Nabarangpur Parliamentary constituency in terms of education, road and agriculture.
In the memorandum, he cited that the KBK region has very adverse human development indicators and is one for the most backward regions of the country.
Nabarangpur Parliamentary constituency is the least developed and stands at the bottom of the 543 constituencies in the country. Only about 45 per cent of its population are literate. About 200 revenue villages in Malkangiri are not having road connectivity. Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts are not having an inch of railway line, it said.
MP Majhi suggested merger of Skill Development initiatives within the HRD Ministry for boosting the employment opportunity among the youths. Modi assured to take appropriate measures, MP Majhi said.