The BJP, Brahmapur Assembly constituency unit led by former Ganjam district president Kanhu Charan Pati and incumbent chief Bibhuti Jena on Monday sent a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through the RDC (Southern Division), urging for fulfillment of various demands.

Mentioning that liquor shops have mushroomed across the city and some of them are located within 50-100 metre radius of the Telugu High School, Sub-Registrar’s Office, BeMC office and BeMC Commissioner’s residence, they said students, women and senior citizens are scared to pass the way near these liquor shops. More than 20 foreign liquor shops have been permitted to function near schools, religious places and Government offices in violation of Government norms and Supreme Court directives, they alleged.

They demanded that licence of all these liquor shops should be cancelled forthwith.

Besides, they demanded that drinking water supplied to all households in the city from Janabili project forthwith. “It has been two years since the Chief Minister inaugurated the Janabili water project. However, it has not been made functional yet,” they alleged.

They too demanded immediate repair of all the drains. “Not a single drain has been repaired in Brahmpaur during the last 21 years of BJD rule. Kindly, ensure that all drains be repaired and garbage and solid wastes removed soon,” read the memorandum.

They placed a total of eight demands.

The other demands include opening of a Commissionrate Police system, filling up of all vacant doctor and technician posts in the MKCG Medical College Hospital and making Neurology, Cardiology and Burn Wards and trauma-care center functional, establishment of small industries and recovery idle firms functional, jobs for five lakh migrant workers who have returned to the district recently, filling up of all vacant teaching posts in the Khallikote Cluster University and all-round development of Brahmapur city.