Chhatia The 15th death anniversary of former Badachana MLA Dr. Jagannath Das was observed on Wednesday at the Chhatia Panchayat Office premises. A tribute meeting was held under the initiative of Dilip Rana and presided over by Ananta Kishore Sethi.
Prominent figures from the Chhatia region, including community elder Priyanath Prusty, Chhatia Sarpanch Ramesh Prusty, Samiti members Deepak Sahu, Sanjay Behera from Solar Samiti, Maheswar Ojha, Madhabananda Mahapatra, and youth social workers Sushanta Sahu, Sarat Panigrahi, Bhawani Shankar Mahapatra, Abhinash Nanda, Amaresh Nanda, Santosh Mohanty, Bidhan Samantaray, Pradosh Nath, and Bhagya Dhar Malik, were present and paid tribute to the late former MLA.
Dr. Das had earned nationwide recognition as a doctor and was highly acclaimed for providing medical services in remote areas. He was later elected as a legislator, earning praise across various districts.