The Samruddha Odisha on Tuesday staged a dharna here in protest against the State Government’s failure in containing the outbreak of the deadly Japanese Encephalitis (JE) that has killed about 100 children in Malkangiri district so far.
“The State Government has not taken any measures to control the spread of Japanese Encephalitis, which has already killed about 100 children. It has remained apathetic when the disease has started spreading its wings to other districts,” alleged party leaders.
Stating that the Andhra Pradesh Government has fully controlled the disease years back, they wanted to know had the Odisha Government been in deep slumber if the disease had claimed lives in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and affected children of Ministers, officers and MlAs.
The party threatened to gherao the Health Minister if the Government fails to control the diseasewithin 15 days.
Among others, party president Dr Jatish Chandra Mohanty, Dr Saroj Bihari Mohanty, Debendra Prasad Das, Prabir Mohanty, Nirakar Beura, Yogacharya Anam Swami, Pranab Chotray, Santosh Sahoo, Sanjay Dehuri, lalitarani Prusthi, leela Rao and Sumitra Mallick sat on the dharna.