The Savodaya Nagar Bikash Parisad, a social outfit of Savodaya Nagar colony here, in meeting has urged Puri Collector Balwant Singh for installation of a statue of freedom fighter Vinobha Bhave in the locality.
In a memorandum, Parasad president Pravakar Mishra has requested Singh for erecting a statue to commemorate visit of Bhave to Sarvodaya Nagar before independence. Mishra said that Savodaya leader Bhave had held a big meeting in Sarvodaya Nagar during his visit to Puri and himself named the colony as Savodaya Nagar also.
But over the past decades, neither the State Government nor any local leader has thought of a statue of the great freedom fighter to remember the historic visit of the great leader, lamented Mishra, adding that Parisad has now decided to install a statue.
As there is a vacant space in the colony, so a statue would be a respect towards the freedom fighter, he said. Among others, Prof Kartika Das, Prof Abhimanyu Bhuyan, Rajaguru Ashok Mohapatra, Pandit Ramakanta Kar and Pramoda Devi were present in the meeting.