A public delegation led by former
Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda, former chairman of Ganjam block
Surath Pahan and advocate N Rajendra Kumar met the State’s Principal Secretary
of Urban Development and Sports A Srinivasan at the Secretariat in Bhubaneswar
on Saturday and requested him to reconsider the proposal of the State
Government to shift the Women’s Weightlifting Training Centre and Sports Hostel
from the Brahmapur Stadium to Bhubaneswar.
The delegation also requested the
Secretary to acquire the residual Defence land from the Ministry of Defence for
making the Brahmapur Stadium a full-fledged one with modern state-of-the art
facilities to conduct national and international sports events.
Mention may be made that half of the
earmarked land is yet to be handed over by the Ministry of Defence for the
purpose of the stadium, as a result of which the long-awaited dream of the
denizens and sports lovers of Brahmapur for a modern stadium still remains
unfulfilled. In the context of the shifting of the women’s weightlifting centre
and its hostel from Brahmapur, delegation leader Panda alleged that it is a
clear conspiracy by the State Government and lack of effective leadership of
local elected representatives which has resulted in further weakening of the
stadium.
Meanwhile, a large number of sports
lovers, youths, senior citizens and BJP youth leader Rama Patra have been
sitting in a dharna before the RDC (Southern) Office since Thursday demanding
that the Women’s Weightlifting Training Centre and its hostel be brought back
to the Brahmapur Stadium.
Source: The Pioneer
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When we will see fourth platform and compartment indication board in every platform at Berhampur railway station.
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