Nabarangpur:
The district BJD led by district president Commerce and
Transport minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, staged demonstration in front of the Integrated
Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) office over the central apathy in giving
approval for utilizing funds under different programmes meant for tribal development.
Speaking to the gathering Majhi said the tribal affairs
ministry has provided funds as per Article 275 (1) of the constitution and
special assistance to Odisha for the 2016-17, while the ministry is not
approving the annual action plan which was submitted by the state government. Without the sanction to utilise the funds the
state cannot be utilised. Due to the delay in giving sanction to utilise funds
has affected the livelihood of thousands of tribal people including scholarship
of tribal students Majhi said.
Among others chairman of district planning committee,
Monohar Randhari, Zilla Parisad President Motiram Nayak, district general
secretary Ashis Ranjan Patnaik, member of State Transport authority Pramod
Padhy with hundreds of party workers including chairman’s of blocks , zilla
parisad members, samiti members, sarapanch's present in the demonstration.
