- The Irrigation and Water Resource Department of West Bengal government had erected a signpost that read as way to Digha beach near the Udayapur beach in Balasore district
- State Revenue and Disaster Mitigation Authority Minister Maheswar Mohanty Friday asked the West Bengal Irrigation and Water Resource Department to remove the signage board within 15 days
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has taken strong exception to the signage board of West Bengal government in its territory near Udaypur beach and ordered for its removal within a fortnight.
State Revenue and Disaster Mitigation Authority Minister Maheswar Mohanty, who chaired a high level meeting here Friday, asked the West Bengal Irrigation and Water Resource Department to remove the signage board within 15 days.
The state government, he said, will write to the West Bengal government to remove the signage board within 15 days otherwise the local administration will remove it.
The Irrigation and Water Resource Department of West Bengal government had erected a signpost that read as way to Digha beach near the Udayapur beach under the Bhograi block of Balasore district.
Bhograi MLA and state Higher Education and Industry Minister Ananta Das, who attended the meeting, condemned the action of the West Bengal government for illegally encroaching upon Odisha’s territory and confusing the people. He urged the state government to take appropriate action in this regard.
The signpost erected by the West Bengal government, he alleged, is aimed at misleading the people on the territory of Odisha.
The meeting decided to expedite the work of the joint border demarcation committee as per the decision taken at the Deputy Collector level in 2016 to resolve the border dispute between the two states.
The meeting also decided to put up a check gate on the Odisha-West Bengal border to avoid border dispute in future and take up infrastructural and other developmental work to attract tourists to Udayapur beach in Odisha.
Mohanty said the Revenue Department will also construct a revenue Bungalow in Udayapur and asked the Forest and Tourism Department to develop the Udayapur beach.
PNN