Rourkela youth Muktikant Biswal climbs atop hoarding to stage protest
Rourkela youth Muktikant Biswal climbs atop hoarding to stage protest
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Bhubaneswar: Muktikanta Biswal, an activist who arrived in Bhubaneswar on December 14 after walking 490 kilometers to remind Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of his broken promises, climbs atop an advertisement hoarding at Sishu Bhawan Square here on Wednesday to mount a protest.
He also threatened to take his own life if the pledges were not kept. According to sources, police and fire workers have arrived at the scene and are attempting to persuade Biswal to climb down.
After reaching in the state capital from Rourkela, Biswal set up a dharna at Sishu Bhawan Square. He also brought two tableaux with models of the projects, which included a second bridge across the Brahmani River and the upgrade of IGH to a super specialty hospital, which Naveen had promised to pursue with the Centre when Biswal met him in 2018.
On April 1, 2015, the Prime Minister announced both initiatives.
Other pledges include the development of a Ring Road along the canal, upgrading Rourkela's district hospital to Capital Hospital with 400 beds and a ventilator facility, and constructing a number of cold storage facilities in the villages surrounding the steel city.
According to Muktikant, the foundation stones for these projects were laid about a decade ago, but no work has been made since.
