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Congressmen stage protest

Staff Reporter

BERHAMPUR: Congress activists organised a rally and staged a demonstration in front of the municipality office, seeking alleviation to the civic problems in the city.

The rally was led by city Congress president Sanjit Panigrahi, PCC member Bikram Panda and State INTUC president Daniel Das. After commencing from the district Congress, the rally passed through several areas and culminated into a demonstration and public meeting in front of the municipality office. Ten Congress councillors also took part in the agitation.

As a precautionary measure, heavy police security was arranged near the municipal office. Berhampur Superintendent of Police Dayal Gangwar and Sub-Collector Ranjit Mohanty were present at the spot.

The two gates of the municipality office remained locked till afternoon though official work continued inside.

Most of the speakers at the public meeting blamed the Naveen Patnaik Government for showing “step motherly” attitude towards the city.

The municipality led by the BJD was also censured for the continuing drinking water crisis, lack of proper sanitation and sewerage system.

They handed over a memorandum to Mr. Mohanty after the public meeting. It contained a list of demands. The Congress activists were not satisfied with the BPL list and wanted a survey to identify BPL families.

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