FOURTH ROUND OF VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE AT NIGHT.

Uttam Nayak,Odishabarta

Koraput:The fourth round of voting will take place at night.  Villagers in 4 villages of Salpaguda, Jhaparaguda, Badli Maliguda and Tentuliguda in Dashmantapur block Pike Phulbeda panchayat have decided to boycott the road and water issues.

The villagers have come together.  The villagers of Jhari Khand of Pike Phulbeda Panchayat in Dashmantapur block of Koraput district have decided to boycott the panchayat elections to be held on the 22nd of next month on charges of depriving them of basic amenities.  The issue’s end has the recaptured Doomsday in the control of the West again.  There is no road, no vote, no water, no vote, the government and the administration will not listen to us, so why and for whom will we vote?  Villagers have called for a boycott of the polls the day before the polls.  Salpaguda, Jhaparaguda, Badli Maliguda, Tentuliguda * The people of these four villages have taken such a decision by meeting in the village alleging that they are not getting the benefits of various development schemes being implemented by the government. Today, in the village of Salpaguda, men from 4 villages met.  He has asked the administration for a written promise to meet the demand.  “If that doesn’t happen, it’s time to dump her and move on.”  The other villages in the panchayat have all the facilities, but the people of these slums do not have access to them.  Roads, drinking water, housing, school facilities and many other people in both villages have been protesting.  Despite repeated appeals to politicians from various parties, including the sarpanch, BDO, they have decided to boycott the polls, with no one listening to the villagers’ demands