Forum demands streetlights in Brahmapur

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 advantage of darkness, anti-social elements are very much active in these areas as well, Tripathy said. 

He said, “For instance, the Government has established Parala Maharaja Engineering College (PMEC) at Sitalapalli i.e. at the outskirts of Brahmapur city. Even Tata Hospital is coming up in its adjacent area. Hundreds of students are residing in this area and hundreds are communicating everyday from other areas like market, bus stand and railway station to the campus. This location is around 5 km from the city limit and there is no proper lighting facility on this road. Complete darkness is ruling on  this road after evening,” said Tripathy.  

Likewise, the condition of road from NH bypass to Gopalpur is without lights, though there are several educational institutions and important places on that road. The Haladiapadar Junction to Palur Hills road is also like that and there are many such roads around the city where there are no lights or negligible lighting  facility, he told.                                            

He demanded that high mast lights be installed at Gopalpur junction, Gopalpur junction bypass flyover, Jagannathpur junction, Langipalli square to Kamapalli, Haldiapadar junction, Autonagar and Pallur hills and demanded to install good lighting facility on every important road connecting the city.