House panel to evaluate border disputes in Koraput district

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A Committee of the Odisha Assembly will go to the Kotia group of villages in Koraput district and different areas having border disputes with neighboring states to evaluate the state of affairs.This was determined on the assembly of an Assembly Committee presided over by Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro right here on Tuesday the place ongoing border disputes with Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have been mentioned.

The Speaker wished to know concerning the present standing of instances pending within the Supreme Court on border disputes with the neighboring states. He directed officers to furnish particulars within the subsequent assembly of the Committee and submit an motion taken report on the choices taken on the Committee’s assembly on November 7, 2019.

A launch issued by the Speaker’s workplace mentioned that the members of the Committee have been unanimous over a proposal asking the Collectors and SPs of districts having border disputes to carry conferences with their counterparts of different states a minimum of as soon as each month. The panel directed the Chief Secretary to apprise it on what motion has been taken thus far on this account.

Secretaries of Revenue, Law, Housing and Urban Development departments have been requested to be current on the Committee’s subsequent assembly and provides particulars about improvement work undertaken in villages adjoining borders of neighbouring states.

Other choices

Focus on improvement of training, well being, communication, legislation and order, ingesting water and associated infrastructure inside 5 km of borders

School and Mass Education division to improve faculties inside 5 km of the border and supply govt grants to college students