BHUBANESWAR: Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari on Friday said the state government will prepare a comprehensive roadmap for all-round development of Kotia group of villages over which Odisha is embroiled in a dispute with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Presiding over the first meeting of the committee constituted by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Kotia, Pujari asked all the departments to submit their plans in consultation with the Koraput district collector within a month.
The minister said the aim of the government is to take the administration to the doorstep of the people by implementing different welfare measures. He said the previous government had failed in this regard as a result of which the situation has deteriorated. The committee will play a crucial role in identifying and implementing projects to benefit the local population, he added.
The focus of the government will be on health and education and improvement of roads in the region. A decision has also been taken to create marketing facilities for farmers and small businesses there, he said.
Pujari also said the committee will review all measures taken by the previous government in this regard. Besides, the committee will also go through decisions taken by the Assembly committees at different times.
The government will also explore all legal remedies to speed up the case pending before the Supreme Court, the minister said.