Samasingha Panchayat Farmers’ Association has filed a demand letter against the Tehsil Office, Kolabira, 27/04 (Fast News Odisha) – A demand letter has been presented to the Tehsildar on Monday by the Panchayat Farmers’ Association in front of the Kolabira Tehsil Office and the demand for the construction of a barrage at the Parvatigiri Mega Irrigation Project site on the banks of the Veden river in Kolabira block of Jharsuguda District Panchayat Panchayat. l According to the farmers’ association, this mega irrigation project was set up in last year 2017 at a cost of around one hundred crores. Engineers and watchmen are working and taking salaries without work from the government. This is costing the government crores of rupees annually. Farmers are arguing that if a barrage is built at the project site, the irrigation problems of the farmers can be solved. Tularam Captain, Tulswar Patel, Gautam Naik Gurcharan Sahu, Hemant Sahu have warned in the demand letter that if the tender process for the construction of the barrage is not started within the next 3 days, the farmers of the panchayat will block the road and protest. was joined by a large number of farmer members l
Sameer Kumar Patel reports from Kolabira, Fast News Odisha