Expected Displaced of Vanshadhara Trigerred for Revolts
Bhagabat Padhi,Odishabarta
Paralakhemundi:As recent hue & cry of bonafide to access Andhra Pradesh green signal for Nerradi barrage at embankment area of Sara, Palsingi & Badigaon. Villagers of these villages gathered at Sara & Palsingi to take future action against vandalism of Andhra Pradesh to reach at their den,where they have to deprive their domicile homested & cultivable land.Fortunately they get irrigation from mega lift point by Odisha government at Vanshadhara shore of Sara village & getting double cropping in a year. Hoisting with multi crops beyond paddy, cereal crops,cotton, sugarcane, peanuts & chillis. That could assure their food security. They are vibrant that before mega irrigation point they were staying at cotteges. Now almost 300 households have pucca houses.
But this proposed barrage where foundation too placed at bank of Vanshadhara of Sara village unauthorizedly by Andhra government. Though irrigation staff slipped of their ignorance despite appeal by the villagers. Yesterday meeting by villagers of Sara & Palsingi held at their respective villages. Presided by retired administrator-cum-Vice President of Utkal Sammelani Purnachandra Mahapatra; where members of Paralakhemundi branch of Utkal Sammelani, Bhagabat Padhi & Jagadish Mahapatra with veteran scribe Ganesh Kumar Raju were present. Andhra government vehemently declared 106 acres of land to be acquired for barrage which statusque yet to be finalized. Moreover embankment area of those above 3 villages may be displaced of more than 1000 acres with homesteds too.Villagers of Badigaon Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Himansu Sekhar Sahu;of New Badigaon Prasanna Kumar Patra, from Adarshanagar Sankar Sahu & of Palsingi RPaparao & Bhaskar Gauda resounded their thrill voices to fight against such red tapism of Andhra government without proper assessment of displaced cultivable land & they demanded to place before Odisha government to revisit proper displaced cultivable area instead of such farce 108 acres. They unanimously selected Purnachandra Mahapatra as their Adviser to go on future action. They decided to call a press meet where they put forth to claim 8 times of cultivable land per acre as decided Rs 15 lakhs if they will be displaced.That too cost to be bearded from ex-gratia of Odisha government purse. So such hooliganism of Andhra government to be addressed before Chief Minister of Odisha where a team will meet at Bhubaneswar soon to place their legitimate demand of their survival. Even they dared to go on strike at Gajapati district head quarter to flash before state administration & to place review petition as a rejoinder.
