BJD to launch Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan campaign on May 16

BHUBANESWAR: To nook the BJP over the Mahanadi issue, the ruling BJD on Wednesday announced a fortnight-long public consciousness marketing campaign to be began from May 16.
BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik would flag off the marketing campaign titled as ‘Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan’ (save Mahanadi marketing campaign) from the river’s entry point into Odisha at Sukhasoda in Jharsuguda and Ambabhona in Bargarh district.

Announcing the detail plan at a information conference here, BJD vp and Rajya Sabha member Prasanna Acharya said the marketing campaign will quilt over 1595 km along the river banks in 15 districts suffering from Mahanadi and culminate at Paradip on May 30.

“As now we have said previous, Mahanadi hasn't ever been a political issue for the BJD. It’s the problem of four.5 crore Odia people. The river is the lifeline of the state. People from all walks of society—farmers, students, youths, women and fishermen-- would participate in the marketing campaign,” said Acharya.

During the marketing campaign, the birthday party would prepare side road nook meetings workshop, consciousness meeting, distribute leaflets and other literary materials and play audio-visual on Mahanadi in every gram panchayat, block and sub-division and district headquarters.

The BJD MPs, MLAs and panchayat representatives were asked by means of the birthday party to spend evening in villages during which the marketing campaign will move via. As most of the BJD leaders have without delay and indirectly admitted to make Mahanadi a big ballot plank forward of the 2019 elections, the Mahanadi marketing campaign will quilt a minimum of 45 meeting segments in western, central and coastal districts.

“We would divulge the conspiracy hatched by means of the NDA government at the Centre and BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh to transform Mahanadi right into a dead river during our marketing campaign,” BJD vp Debi Prasad Mishra, who was also present at the information conference, said.


Mishra said the state government has already initiated process to combat the problem legally at the Mahanadi tribunal. “Since people of the state have elected us to offer protection to the state’s passion, we might also garner public enhance in the combat for Mahanadi,” Mishra said.


As Chhattisgarh has closed the entire 66 gates of Kalma barrage stopping inflow into Hirakud, non-monsoon go with the flow of the river during November, 2017 to January 2018 was lowered by means of round 40 in keeping with cent as in comparison to the non-monsoon go with the flow during 2005-06 to 2015-16, said an legitimate supply.


The BJP, then again, slammed the ruling birthday party accusing it of no longer appearing sincerity to unravel the problem. “The BJD’s transfer over Mahanadi is ridiculous. They don’t need a solution but to linger the problem to achieve political mileage. The BJD government is totally chargeable for the Mahanadi scenario as they have got no longer built a unmarried barrage in the downstream to reserve the water,” said BJP chief Prithviraj Harichandan.


Congress president Niranjan Patnaik also slammed the BJD’s plan saying the transfer is to achieve political mileage.
BJD to launch Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan campaign on May 16 BJD to launch Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan campaign on May 16 Reviewed by Kailash on May 02, 2018 Rating: 5
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