The oldest educational institute of the district, Laxminarayan College, Jharsuguda, is going to complete 50 years and it is set to observe the golden jubilee celebration on the occasion.
A special meeting of the old students has been held in this regard. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the ceremony on April 5.
It was decided to hold a cultural programme on the occasion by the Bolywood artists.
The meeting was held in the premises of Jhadeswari Temple under the Chairmanship of president of alumni association Sandip Awasthi in the presence of Health Minister Naba Kishore Das. The Minister informed that the land issues of the college could be sorted out due to the active cooperation of State Government and the Chief Minister.
The role of Brajrajnagar MLA Kishore Mohanty, Minister Susant Singh and others was praised by Minister Das in his address and he hoped that various issues of the college could be solved easily in the coming days.
Starting from inviting Bolywood actors and arrangement of cultural programmes, Das voluntered to take all responsibilities. Likewise, Brajrajnagar MLA Mohanty in his address said that the Health Minister should be praised for his personal initiative taken to resolve the land and building issues of the college and organising the golden jubulee celebration in a colourful manner. Principal of the college Chirabrat Dutta sought the cooperation of everybody.
Senior lawyer Tapas Ray Choudhury coordinated the meeting besides declaring the names of different committee heads.
Eminent educationists Pratap Behera and Tahalu Sahoo, senior BJD leader Manoranjan Mohapatra shared the dais. The next date of the preparatory meeting was decided to be held on February 24 at Bhubaneswar.