District administration’s immediate action on Chief Minister’s announcement, departments start action in Baldakchar
Balodabazar, 13 May 2025: The district administration is implementing the announcement of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai immediately. In this episode, on the instructions of Collector Deepak Soni, SDO and Sub Engineer of Water Resources and Credit Department reached village Baldakchar under development block Kasdol today and started the survey work. As per the announcement of the Chief Minister, a survey was conducted by the engineer of the Water Resources Department on Tuesday for the construction of embankment in Mahanadi to protect the river bank from erosion. The Executive Engineer said that it is necessary to build a concrete
embankment on the right bank of the river to protect the village Baldakchar from the rapid erosion caused by the floods of Mahanadi every year. For this, the survey work is going on. To stop the erosion in the length of about one and a half kilometer in the bank of Mahanadi, erosion will be stopped by building a structure of cement concrete in about 5 meter slant height. The construction cost of this work is estimated to be Rs 888.00 lakh. The erosion caused by the flood water of Mahanadi can be prevented by embankment construction. Similarly, as per the announcement of the Chief Minister, the engineer of the CREDA department conducted a survey with the Sarpanch and villagers to install high mast lights in village Baldakchar. The CREDA engineer said that Gudi Chowk and Kamarpara were selected jointly with the Sarpanch and villagers for the installation of high mast plant in village Baldakchar. The estimate is being submitted for approval. It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai had reached village Baldakchar on 9 May 2025 for surprise inspection under Sushasan Tihar. During this, he made several announcements on the demand of the villagers and gave necessary instructions to the officials.
