Bhubaneswar: Padmapur will get district status by December 2023. Promise in the action committee meeting with the Chief Minister. The action committee has said that the Chief Minister has promised to give district status.The committee has said that it cannot be announced now as the code of conduct has been implemented. However, Umesh Sahu, the leader of the action committee, said that the discussion was successful. The Chief Minister has promised to form Padmapur district by December 2023.
However, the action committee met the Chief Minister regarding the demand for district status to Padmapur sub-district. A committee chaired by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari met the Chief Minister. He demanded to declare it as a district. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari and BJD MLA Sushant Singh met the committee and invited them to meet the Chief Minister. On that request, the members of the committee met the Chief Minister today. Regarding this, Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said that the Chief Minister invited the implementation committee for discussion. The Chief Minister had a positive discussion with them. We are committed to declare Padmapur subdivision as a district