Papadahandi, Feb, 3:: Residents of Papadahandi town in Nabarangpur district submitted a memorandum to Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi regarding several key demands.
With reports that National Highway No. 26, which passes through Papadahandi, is set to be expanded into a four-lane road, local residents convened and demanded that a bypass road be constructed for Papadahandi instead. They further urged that the proposed bypass be developed as a four-lane road.
The villagers also requested that the railway station under the newly proposed Junagarh–Jeypore railway line should not be located 8 kilometers away from Papadahandi. Additional demands included the establishment of a postmortem house and the provision of a hearse vehicle for Papadahandi.
Residents expressed concern that if the four-lane highway passes directly through the town, more than 200 business establishments, residential houses, and three temples would be completely affected. They stated that many people would lose their homes and have no place left to live.
The memorandum was submitted under the leadership of former Sarpanch B. Jaganmohan Rao. Among those present were Block Vice-Chairman Sushant Kumar Behera, former Chairman Lingaraj Bhatra, former Vice-Chairman Trinath Pradhan, former Sarpanch Shiv Prasad Agrawal, MP’s representative Somanath Pujari, Mandal President Manoj Agrawal, Ajay Bisoi, Kisan Agrawal, Tiru Pattnaik, Lalmohammad Khan, Bibhuti Panda, Hari Panigrahi, Jagannath Bisoi, Gudu Gupta, Bijay Bisoi, Lingaraj Panigrahi, Maheswar Hota, Mahendra Bisoi, Subrata Jena, Rinku Singh, Rintu Nayak, Luka Bhatra, V. Srinivas Rao, Tanaya Jena, N. Janardhan Rao, Sitakanta Bisoi, Bablu Khan, Suresh Rao, Timi Ghanta, Pari Bisoi, Simadri Rao, Shubham Pradhan, Chandu Nayak, Shibu Jain, Trinath Amanatya, Shankarlal Agrawal, along with hundreds of villagers.
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