Nabarangpur: Basant
Rath,
Nabarangpur
MP Balabhadra Majhi submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday for speeding up development of Nabarangpur Parliamentary
constituency in terms of education, road and agriculture.
In
the memorandum, he cited that the
KBK region has very adverse human development indicators and is one for the
most backward regions of the country. Nabarangpur
Parliamentary constituency is the least developed and stands at the bottom of
the 543 constituencies in the country. Only about 45 per cent of its population
are literate. About 200 revenue villages in Malkangiri are not having road
connectivity. Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts are not having an inch of
railway line, it said.
Mr.Majhi urged to sanction of Engineering College
in Nabarangpur, Medical College either at Malkangiri or Nabarangpur, Major
irrigation projects of Tel integrated project in Nabarangpur, Saptadhara
in Malkangiri, middle Kolab project in Koraput district. Five degree
colleges in Nabarangpur, buildings for the govt aided high schools, phase-2
PMGSY roads requested in the memorandum.
MP
Majhi suggested merger of Skill Development initiatives within the HRD Ministry
for boosting the employment opportunity among the youths. Modi assured to take
appropriate measures, MP Majhi said.
