Beating the chilly winter and dense fog on the wee hours of Saturday, some reporters and youth activists have taken the task of cleaning all the statues of freedom fighters and sons of the soil which lie neglected at the township area.
About a dozen of reporters and youth activists led by senior journalist –cum- Odia poet, Matrudutta Mohanty , by forming ‘Nation Build Campaign (Rasthra Nirman Abhijan)' started the statue cleaning.
Taking broomsticks and water jugs along with detergent powder, they carried out the cleaning works of statues of Subaha Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar, Gopabandhu Dash, Dinabandhu Sahu and Sarojkanta Kanungo among others. The motto of the Rasthra Nirman Abhijan is to pay respect and tribute to the freedom fighters and the sons of the soil ,whose statues lie neglected in the district.
“We started the work last week. This is the second time we have carried out the statue cleaning work in the township. We have decided to clean the statues by giving three to four hours per week,” said scribe Biren Das.