merinews.com, 7th April, 2009
A non-profitable group Kalahadia has released a manifesto for '09 general election and assembly election in Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency that says the constituency is among the bottom five constituencies in India in socio-economic development.
“KALAHADIA” A non-profitable group consisting of intellectuals and people released its manifesto for 2009 general election and assembly election in Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency. The manifesto says Kalahandi constituency is among the bottom five constituencies in India in socio-economic development. Kalahandi has to go a long way to meet national average standard in many social indicators and in human development index. To achieve long term sustainable growth Kalahandi needs simultaneous major developments in agriculture, infrastructure, higher education, technical education, health and industries apart from generous promises such as subsidy in rice, pulses, free power, etc by political parties during this election time.
Though these promises hold good for poor people it is short lived. It keeps people still in the same risky poverty level. Kalahandi at this moment needs intensive irrigation projects, new railway line, railway factory, a central university, state highway, new bridges and down stream industrial development. Many of these local demands and projects have not been addressed since past two decades despite promised made by Chief Minister of Orissa for a Central University and a high laying bridge over Hati River near Junagarh in past years. Manifesto highlights ten major important issues as:
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5. Health and hospital:
Branch of Central University of Orissa in Kalahandi including faculty of medicine and hospital.
6. Technical education:
Three Polytechnique colleges at Bhawanipatna, Nuapada and Dharamgarh
7. Higher education:
Unitary University for Government Autonomous College Bhawanipatna
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