Sambalpur: An 85-year-old man is on hunger strike in front of the District Collector’s office

Sambalpur: Primary Health Center to be set up at Kudgunderpur. Let the pole be built between Gunderpur and Dhama. City buses should be run to the famous Huma Bakra Temple. Claiming something like this, an 85-year-old man sat in front of the Sambalpur District Collector’s office since Wednesday. The old man is Soumitri Padhi, the president of the Kud-Gunderpur committee. He said that we will go on a hunger strike until our demands are met. For several years, the sangram committee has given demand letters to the district administration to solve various problems. But till today the district administration is not even considering the problems far from solving them. Other major demands of Soumitri include filling up 2 vacant posts of teachers in the village high school, establishing of fund for crime control, and lighting of Gunderpur New Pole. He demanded to solve these problems as soon as possible and sat on strike.