Jatni Congress MLA Suresh Kumar Routrya on Wednesday met Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal and urged him to intervene and resolve the issue of conversion of people’s lands to Jagannath land in his constituency at the earliest.
“Due to wrongdoing of a Settlement Officer, lands of people of 23 villages have been converted into Jagannath land. People are facing difficulties in getting back their land,” said Routray at a Press meet here.
Routray threatened that land owners led by him would go for a self-immolation drive at the Raj Bhavan if they don’t get their land back within six months.
Earlier, Routray had met the Chief Minister and urged him to resolve the land conversion and the Daruthenga dumping yard issues. Though the Government has started initiatives to resolve the Daruthenga issue, it has not taken any step to resolve the land issue.
Routray said villagers are facing difficulties in educating children, marring off daughters and meeting medical expenditures as they are unable to sell out their lands.
