Sambalpur: Ananya Das’ tenure as Sambalpur District Magistrate has completed one year
Sambalpur: Ananya’s one year as Sambalpur District Collector. In Sambalpur, one of the most important districts of the state, the first year of the tenure of this young district administrator was very eventful. In this one year, despite some development work, Sambalpur remained in the limelight due to many wrong reasons. Important events in the personal life of the District Governor such as marriage also took place at this time. Ananya, who is the commissioner of the Cuttack Metropolitan Corporation, took charge as Sambalpur district magistrate on June 22 last year.
After taking charge as the third woman district collector of Sambalpur, Ananya, in her first reaction, said that she would work for the development of the district with the cooperation of all, giving priority to completing all pending projects on time. She said that he would understand the problems of agriculture and farmers by making the Samlei project more interesting. As per Ananya’s promise, during her one-year tenure, work on the scheme has progressed well. This ambitious project undertaken by the government for the development of Maa Samleswari area is progressing at a fast pace. Some parts of the project are expected to be inaugurated before the 2024 general elections. The Sambalpur flyover and Khetrajpur ROB, which were being built in slow motion for 7 years, were opened during her time. Renovation of some major roads including Dhanupali-Jailchowk has started.
During these years, Sambalpur has been discussed for the wrong reasons at the state and national level, which has never happened in the past many years. One of them was the violence during Hanuman Jayanti. The people of Sambalpur have to face curfew due to this violence. As the farmers have been kept out of various important meetings and decisions, including the purchase of grain, the discontent among them has increased. The roads in the district are in a state of disrepair. People have suffered heatstroke. Better not to talk about electricity service. Sewerage in Sambalpur has been declared a failed project. The city’s sanitation system has completely collapsed. The Metropolitan Corporation is unable to discharge its responsibilities properly. Even in the forcible evictions, there are accusations of collision. In the last one year, the ruling party in Sambalpur has become increasingly inactive while the opposition party has been seen to be more active.
As the general elections are less than a year away, voting in Sambalpur will be conducted under the leadership of Ananya, unless any unforeseen events occur. So these few months are as important for the politicians and political parties as they are for the District Collector. Because at this time, the voters will make the report card of the government according to the work that will be done in the district. And on the basis of public opinion, the government will write the report card of the District Collector. So the people of Sambalpur are expecting a lot of development work from the young district collector in the coming days.
