Dharmendra Pradhan Urges Naveen Patnaik To Get to the bottom of State Border Disputes

Bhubaneswar:

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has recommended Leader Minister Naveen Patnaik to take steps for solution of long-standing border disputes with neighbouring states together with Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
via bilateral talks with out compromising Odisha’s socio-economic pursuits.

In a letter to Naveen Patnaik, the Petroleum and Metal Minister additionally recommended him to hunt the strengthen of the Central govt in mediating a solution between Odisha and its neighbouring states for boundary disputes and convene an all-party assembly to speak about the problem, excluding bearing in mind felony therapies, if essential.

Dharmendra Pradhan’s recommendation comes within the wake of tensions flared up not too long ago alongside the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in Pottangi block of Koraput district. It’s understood that the unilateral demarcation claiming sure parts of Sunabeda Mouza beneath Sambai Panchayat and digging of a pond in a village via Andhra Pradesh officers used to be discovered unacceptable to Odisha, the BJP chief mentioned.

The subject had escalated to blockade of Pottangi-Arku street via villagers at the Andhra Pradesh facet not too long ago.

This comes a couple of months after a dispute alongside the Odisha-West Bengal border in Jaleswar block of Balasore district because of unilateral sand mining via the neighbouring state at the Subarnarekha river mattress, mentioned Dharmendra Pradhan, who hails from Odisha.

Noting that 14 out of Odisha’s 30 districts proportion borders with Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the Union Minister mentioned Odisha has a protracted historical past of border disputes with most of these neighbouring states owing to ancient, cartographic and geological causes.

Taking a holistic view of the placement, you will need to make clear the developmental problems and infrastructural demanding situations affecting the folks dwelling on either side of the border akin to offering connectivity and infrastructure in faraway spaces, making sure implementation of key developmental programmes and collectively tackling the risk from Left Wing Extremism, he mentioned within the letter which used to be launched to the media.

It’s also essential to understand the socio-economic realities just like the motion of products and other people around the border for business and employment, that have a drastic affect at the daily lifetime of other people dwelling in those spaces, Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned.

“Whilst borders may appear absolute on paper, they are going to all the time stay porous to the underlying societal norms, cultures, languages shared via the folks on either side,” he mentioned.

“In view of the above, it will appear prudent to reach at an efficient and complete solution of Odisha’s ongoing and long-standing border disputes with all its neighbouring states, i.e. Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, via bilateral discussions with those states,” Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned.

“Within the spirit of cooperative federalism and the brotherhood between states, I consider Odisha will have to take the lead in starting up those discussions. Then again, it should be ensured that socio-economic passion of the folks of Odisha isn’t compromised in any respect and if essential, the state will have to additionally believe felony therapies for solution of those disputes,” the Union Minister mentioned.

Urging the manager minister to additionally convene an all-party assembly, with due participation and inputs from the intelligentsia and civil society, for discussing those border disputes, he mentioned it is very important to jointly arrive at a complete and long-term answer for those conflicts.

“Subsequently, I additionally request your initiation for forming a Space Committee within the Odisha Legislative Meeting comprising individuals from other events for enterprise an in depth learn about for those problems and presenting their realized findings along side their suggestions,” he mentioned.

“Retaining in thoughts the sensitivity of the problem, I might additionally urge you to hunt the strengthen of the Central Executive in mediating a solution between Odisha and her neighbouring states for boundary disputes,” Dharmendra Pradhan added.