Cuttack, Nov 10: With the BJD party’s Mahanadi Bachao Signature campaign scheduled to begin from Friday, elaborate arrangements are being made at the Gadakhai Padia in the Millennium city here from where the party will begin its campaign.
BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be inaugurating the event.
As per the planned schedule, in the Kalash Yatra by women that will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister at the venue near Gadakhai Padia, senior BJD leaders, ministers and thousands of party workers from Cuttack district would take part in it.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the commissionerate police keeping in view the Chief Minister’s visit at the event.
DCP Sanjeev Arora told the media persons that security arrangements have been made accordingly as 10000-15000 people will be present at the scheduled venue.
Notably, the campaign will be held to mark the protest against barrage construction on the upper catchment of Mahanadi River by the Chhattisgarh Government and the Centre’s support in this matter. As per the information, during the signature campaign, signatures of around 87 lakh families’ will be collected. Five lakh people will participate to make the 500 km long human chain which will start from Hirakud and conclude at Paradip. The human chain will pass through Sambalpur, Redhakhol, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack and Tirtol.
After the campaign, a memorandum will be submitted to the President which will contain the collected signature, sources said.
