Mega farmers meet at Baro,Naveen to attend

(Reporters Today/Kendrapara): The political scene in the district is heating up with all political parties beginning to woo voters. Senior leaders visit the district and resort to mudslinging at their opponents.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to visit the district Friday to attend a mega farmers’ meeting at Baro. Preparations are in full swing for the CM’s visit. Around one lakh farmers from Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts are scheduled to attend the meeting.

Kendrapara MLA Kishore Tarai, Mahakalapada MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and BJD observer Pramila Mallick have been monitoring the situation to make the CM’s visit a success.

A review meeting was held Thursday under the chairmanship of Balwant Singh, IAS, Director of Technical Education and Training-cum- Agricultural Marketing. Collector Dasarathi Satapathy, SP Niti Sekhar and other senior officials attended the meeting.

The officials decided to divide the meeting place into 12 zones. BDOs and Tehsildars will be appointed as nodal officers and they will be in charge of each zone. Around 50 officials will assist each nodal officer.

Importance has been given to provide water, milk packets, food, cap and T-shirts to farmers and public. Ambulances with medicos and paramedics and water tankers will be deployed at the meeting place, Collector Satapathy said.

Around 40 platoons of police will be deployed to prevent law and order problems and clear jams on Cuttack-Chandabali Road,the SP said.