A meeting of the Ganjam District Biju Patnaik Senior Citizens’ Forum was held here on Monday demanding release of pension to senior citizens as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission before the coming Durga Puja.The forum also expressed its concern over the alleged deliberate delay by the CDMO in implementing the orders of the district Collector for opening a geriatrics ward in the City Hospital.While forum president Rash Bihari Das chaired the meeting, general secretary Deenabandhu Sripallab gave an introductory address.
The other notable senior citizens who participated in the discussions pertaining to the welfare of the senior citizens included Er KB Patra, Rabinarayan Mishra, Radhacharan Nayak, Narasingh Pattnaik, Suryakanta Patra, Simanchal Prasad Bisoyi, Pravakar Sahu, Sisir Mishra, Radhacharan Nayak, Swarnaprabha Padhi, Swarnaprabha Mishra and Prabhas Kumar Choudhury.
The forum also demanded that the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation spare its Chitta Binodan Kendra to the forum to hold its regular meetings.
It also demanded that the Government come out with more welfare schemes for the senior citizens in the State.