Kotpad, 10th Sept 2025: A combined public grievance hearing camp was organized at the Kotpad Panchayat Samiti office premises under the leadership of the Koraput District Collector.
During the camp, a total of 65 grievances were heard, including:
15 group grievances such as the construction of Thakurani Temple in Pachia village,
Shortage of fertilizer in Bobia and Chitra villages,
Repair of roads and related infrastructure,
50 individual complaints on various issues.
Present at the camp were:
Additional District Collector Bhaktabandhu Janardhan Dalei
Kotpad BDO Sandhya Samarth
Tahasildar of the area
Kotpad NAC Executive Officer Komalesh Mahanta
IIC of Kotpad Police Station Parmananda Sunani
Assistant Executive Engineer Satya Narayan Sethi
CDPO Bharati Mahanti
From District Social Welfare Department: Ahana Baidi
ITDA Jeypore Assistant Executive Engineer Chaitanya Basaki
Electricity Department Executive Engineer Barun Choudhury
Additional Tahasildar Parshuram Bhatra
Rural Development Engineer Bipin Takari
Water & Sanitation Department Engineer Samaya Marandi
All district-level officers participated in the camp.
In a significant development, Self-Help Group (SHG) women were supported with agricultural assistance, training in papad and pickle making, and individual loans totaling ₹75.75 lakhs (7.575 million rupees) were distributed.