Annexure B: Central location for KBK plus Gajpati, Boudh, Kandhamal and Bargarh Districts

From Worldbank report the districts in South and South Orissa including KBK known for backwardness and poverty are: Kalahandi, Nuapada, Balangir, Sonepur, Koraput, Malkangir, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajpati, Kandhamal (Phulbani), Bouda, Bargarh (Padampur subdivision). This region is shown below in the Orissa map by a hand drawn bold line. The bold line in the map clearly shows Kalahandi, specially location of Bhawanipatna is best suitable as central location for whole region and has all the necessary infrastructure for a institute of higher learning. Bhawanipatna should be developed as a regional centre for whole region but Orissa state Govt. has always ignored it over Koraput due to ill political and bureaucratic motivations.