Padampur to become a district within a year: CM
Move Comes with Eye On 2024 Polls
- Sambalpur: With an eye on the 2024 elections, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced that Padampur subdivision in Bargarh district would be upgraded to a separate district within the next one year.
- Naveen, whose BJD had assured to create Padampur district in the run-up to the Padampur byelection that was held on December 5 last year, visited Padampur constituency on Sunday and inaugurated various projects besides laying foundation stones of many projects.
- Addressing huge rallies in Jha bandh, Paikmal and Padampur of the constituency, Naveen said, "During my last visit, I had made some a noun cement for Padampur constituency. I had announced district status for Padampur subdivision last December. The promise will be certainly fulfilled within one year.
- District status is a long pending demand of the people of Padampur subdivision, which comprises six blocks, synthesis, two NACS and has a population of around 6.7 lakh.
- Earlier, the people of the sub-division resorted to agitations over the demand on various occasions. Moreover, district status for Padampur was also a major poll issue du ring the byelection.
- Addressing the people in the meetings, Naveen said the other promises will also be fulfilled. "The Paikmal primary health center has been upgraded to community health center. Work on the Charade dam has begun. I believe in work, not in words. The other promises will also be fulfilled in time," said the chief minister.
- Taking a dig at the Union ministers without uttering any name, the chief minister said they came here during the byelection and made promises on various issues, including railways, paddy procurement, crop insurance and GST on Kendu leaf.
- "I pray to lord Nrusinghanath to remind the Union ministers about the promises they made," he said.