Kosal Kranti Yatra which had commenced on January 23 last from Sahid Rendo Majhi Statue at Urladani, culminated at the historical Hatikhoj Panchayat on April 19.
The Yatra was undertaken by Kosal Kranti Dal (KKD) in three phases of 10-day duration each and it covered 56 Panchayat headquarters and over 100 villages, informed KKD working president BN Mishra here.
Panchayats under Karlamunda block including Teresinga, Pourkela, Rinja, Saplahara, Regda, Sargul, Joradobra, Rishida, Rajpur, Gajbahal, Borpadar and Karlamunda were covered in the third phase.
The KKD made an effort to reach out to the people with a concrete message of formation of a separate State comprising western Odisha districts as the only alternative for local development. Earlier, in the second phase, Rupra panchayat committee of KKD was formed in Narla block under the presidentship of Banamali Sahu.
The Yatra covered Madanpur-Rampur block in the first phase followed by constitution of Urladani panchayat committee. The Yatra received support from Jagannath Mund, Akshyaya Kumar Nanda, Bharat Chandra Prusty, Chandra Sekhar Naik, Giridhari Gouda, Prabhakar Panda and Upendra Sahu.
Mishra said the Yatra was successful on many counts and the call for separate Statehood evoked good response from the people of the area.