A three-member delegation of the Samajwadi Party Odisha State Committee met Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra at the Secretariat here on Wednesday and discussed about the problems regarding delivering of civic amenities to the people of the State.
The delegates strongly condemned the bizarre incident in Sambalpur where a PHD worker and his son attempted to kill local women while they were demanding drinking water for them.The party demanded immediate arrest of all those involved and disciplinary action against the head of the PHD office at Sambalpur. The delegates led by party State president Rabi Behera demanded that the Government provide drinking water through mobile tankers to the areas suffering from scarcity of water across the State.
Scarcity of water is not only prevalent in Sambalpur, Kalahandi, Balangir, Koraput, Gajapati and Ganjam, it is also a problem in Khordha, Jatni, Bolagada, Begunia, Balianta, Balipatna and various slums in the capital city and the peripheral villages around Bhubaneswar.
Besides drinking water problems, the party urged the Chief Secretary to take adequate steps to stop hours of power cuts. Behera also demanded that the Government curb mosquito menace in urban slums and ensure sewerage treatment and direct the BSNl to provide quality service to the consumers of the State.The Chief Secretary assured that he would take all possible steps to solve the issues. Among others, party secretary Sudarshan Pradhan and Bichitrananda Mohanty were in the delegation.