Many persons of Berhampur city staged a dharna in front of the Berhampur stadium on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday to prevent shifting of equipment from the girls' sports hostel for weightlifting. The government recently decided to shift the hostel from Berhampur to Bhubaneswar. On March 13, sports persons staged a rally protesting against the government's move and submitted a memorandum to chief minister Naveen Patnaik through revenue divisional commissioner.
"As soon as we get information about the arrival of the truck to take away the equipment, we came to the Berhampur stadium and detained the truck," said BJP's town unit President Ram Kumar Patra. He along with several others staged dharna throughout the night in front of the stadium gate.
"The government has decided to establish a weightlifting academy at Gopalpur. The district administration has identified sx acres of land for the proposed academy," said district collector Krishan Kumar.
Comments (Times of India)
Anju (India)
Naveen Patnaik has in actuality gone mad. this government has done nothing for Berhampur region and now they are taking away one after another institutions of the city to the state capital. now the devil's face of this mad CM has come to the fore and in the forth coming election we will give fitting reply to BJD government and Naveen Patnaik
Odisha (Berhampur, Odisha) replies to anju
No doubt Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has gone mad but question is what the local leaders are doing? Why not the MP, MLA and Mayor of Berhampur protesting against this decision? Why not the leaders of BJD protesting against this decision? Opposition parties like BJP and Congress and the media should also protest against this anti Berhampur decision of the government.
vikas (Koraput)
Rightly said sir. Only a separate state will change the fate of this region. We want 'Kalinga State'
Naveen patnaik's foolish decisions (Delhi)
Naveen Patnaik led BJD govt. ditched the people of Berhampur and South Odisha many times. the recent incident shows the step-motherly attitude of the BJD govt towards Berhampur. now i realize why some people have been demanding a separate Kalinga Pradesh consisting ten districts of south Odisha..........if the govt will not change its decisions than a separate state for South Odisha (the erstwhile kalinga) is inevitable ....only a a separate state will change the condition of south Odisha..............
Ashok (India)
BJD Govt has gone mad for the development of Bhubaneswar at the cost of other cities of the State..
SURYA PRASAD (Bangalore)
bad..
- Berhampur aur south odisha.jo zyada revenue dete hain.par development zero..bbsr mein dusra airport ho gaya. Par Berhampur.no..odisha ka pehla railstation Berhampur ..par development zero..katak bbsr ko 1000 ka each package city development ke liye.par Berhampur ko 70 crore.flyover Berhampur karne ke liye fund odisha sarkar ke paas nahin.par bbsr mein karne ke liye 1500 ka package ..we want separate kalinga state
- very sad, during BJD rule Ganjam dist has got nothing,even if the CM represents the district. Naveen pattnaik has become very much bureaucratic in his attitude, and does not understand the minds of the people. Berhmapur has been entirely neglected during his rule, the roads of the city and the water supply system stand testimony to this neglect. all the election packages, he is declaring day in and day out, will not get him the desirable votes to come back to power the next time. the expansion of BBSR city at the cost of the rest of the state gives the impression that Odisha is suffering from malnutrition, pictures of which are availble on the internet, picture of small children with pot bellies.
- This step by Odisha Government is a clear sign of their biased attitude towards the silk city of Odisha.
Berhampur off late has emerged as a good centre for Weightlifters. But this attitude of Govt. will hamper this Sports in Berhampur.
Rashmin Kumar Mahapatra
K Krishna Das,(Madhya Pradesh)