Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy Tuesday said that the recent controversy over Ekamra Kanan land diversion row was without fact and clarified that no part of the land has been taken over by the government.
The office of the Chief Secretary Tuesday issued a statement on the issue after several parties tried to corner the government on the controversy.
“No part of Ekamra Kanana is being taken back by government. Ekamra Kanana is a place of pride for Bhubaneswar and the government is committed to improve it further,” a statement from the Chief Secretary said.
It also added that the government attaches the highest importance to the regional plant resources centre functioning in the Ekamra Kanan with its wide ranging activities in biotechnological research. The place will be kept up and maintained as a public place of prominence, it said.
“It may be pertinent to mention here that the department of Horticulture is surrendering some of its unutilized land lying vacant for five decades in mouza Jayadev Vihar and Paika Nagar. The land will be put to more productive use. This land is no way related to Ekamra Kanana land,” Tripathy’s office said.
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