5 years on, freedom fighters museum in Odisha’s Sambalpur nonetheless not open

By Express News Service
SAMBALPUR: Five years after it was inaugurated, the Western Odisha Freedom Fighters Memorial Hall and Museum at Gourisankar Sahani Park within the metropolis remains to be ready to be opened for public.  The memorial and museum was arrange with an intention to glorify the importance of western Odisha within the freedom wrestle and sacrifices of the liberty fighters of the area. Several locations in western Odisha together with Sambalpur have a big bearing on the liberty motion which remains to be unknown to many. 

Besides, the present era has little or no thought concerning the freedom fighters of the area like Veer Surendra Sai and plenty of others. When it was introduced to assemble a museum for freedom fighters and Independence wrestle, residents of town had welcomed the choice. 

After the Public Works Department (PWD) accomplished the development work, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the constructing on February 26, 2016. However, the museum continues to stay locked for residents because the district administration has determined to hold out just a few inside designing work of the constructing.  The memorial corridor and museum spreads over 1.28 acre of land within the park positioned alongside the ring highway within the metropolis. 

The constructing has been constructed on 6000 sq ft space at an estimated price of Rs 1.05 crore. A pillar of 20 ft peak has additionally been constructed in entrance of the two-storey constructing in reminiscence of the martyrs. As per the design plan, portraits of freedom fighters had been imagined to be put in within the museum with a quick historical past of their contribution in addition to articles utilized by them on the memorial corridor. 

The Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) had allotted Rs 70 lakh for a similar and accordingly, tender was floated by the PWD. However, there was an inordinate delay on account of some drawback with the agency chosen for the work. Contacted, Sambalpur Collector Shubham Saxena stated, “During his visit to Sambalpur on Tuesday, the WODC Chairman reviewed the status of the memorial building. We will assess the requirements to speed up the remaining work. It will be opened for the public soon.”