Ram Prasad Tripathy

In a letter to Housing and Urban Development ( HUD) Minister Pratap Jena, Odisha Development Forum president Ram Prasad Tripathy has demanded to install lighting facility in various roads at the outskirts of Brahmapur city.   He said  now the city is growing very fast in its nearby rural areas but without proper lighting facility. Not only the new settlements are coming up at the outskirts of the city, but also various educational institutions, establishments, hospitals, industries and offices of organizations are coming up in nearby locations, which are coming under Brahmapur Development Authority (BDA).   However, due to lack of proper planning and vision many important junctions and roads of Brahmapur city outskirts and its nearby areas are still without proper lights and street lights. For which students, particularly girls, elderly people, children and common people of the city are facing enormous problem at night time.   Taking the advant...

Lack of proper lighting in the suburbs of Silk City Brahmapur, which are fast developing into prime residential and urban mixed-use zones, has raised consternation among the citizens. Drawing attention of Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena, a citizen’s body 'Odisha Development Forum' has called for immediate steps to ensure proper street lighti ng as well as illumination of other vital places on the suburbs of Brahmapur city. The ODF president Ram Prasad Tripathy demanded installation of high-mast lighting at locations like Gopalpur junction, Jaganathpur junction, Lajipalli NH, Auto Nagar and good lighting facility between bypass flyover to Gopalpur, Haladiapadar junction to Palur Hills and Jaganathpur junction to Parala Maharaja Engineering College and Gate Bazar to Nimakhandi etc on urgent basis. 

In a letter to Shri Pratap Jena, Hon’ble Minister H&UD, government of Odisha, President of Odisha Development Forum, Ram Prasad Tripathy demanded to install lighting facility in various roads at the outskirts of Berhampur city. He said now Berhampur city is growing very fast in its nearby rural areas but without proper lighting facility. Not only the new settlements are coming up at the outskirts of Be rhampur city, but also various educational Institutions, establishments, Hospitals, Industries and offices of organizations are coming up in nearby locations of the city which are coming under Brahmapur Development Authority (BDA). However, due to lack of proper planning and vision many important Junctions and Roads of Berhampur city outskirts and its nearby areas are still without proper lights and street lights. For which students, particularly girls, elderly people, children and common people of the city facing enormous problem at night time. Taking the advantage of dar...

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Prof.  Prahallad  Panda was an extraordinary academic, writer, author, columnist and a communicator par-excellence who fought throughout his life for the backward region of Southern Odisha. Tributes to Prof. Prahallad Panda on his 3rd Punyatithi After completing Ph.D in Economics from the Berhampur University, Prof. Panda was into teaching for many years till he retired in 1998. Besides producing a number of meritorious students, he has written many books on economics and about 300 essays on cultu re and nationalism in Odia. Berhampur city was very close to his heart. He was the editor of the Kalinga Barta and was also associated with many organizations of Berhampur and South Odisha.  I was fortunate to work with this great activist for a long time in all most all organisations  Prof. Prahallad Panda has created for the development of Berhampur city and South Odisha.  I remember, for t he publication of the #KalingaBarta , when for the first t...

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