Works struck in government offices in Angul and Dhenkanal districts

ANGUL: All government official works in both Angul and Dhenkanal districts have been paralysed due to mass leave by OAS officers in these two districts. More than 60 OAS officers ranking from ADM have stopped work since Tuesday in protest against the assault on BMC Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo on Monday.

Hundreds of people are returning from government offices as their works were not done by government officials due to mass leave.”I today came to sub-collector Angul office with regard to a land dispute with my neighbours.I couldn’t find him in office for which I was to return to home today.When I will come that is not also not certain”,said Amaresh Dehury of Jarpada area.

Hundreds of similar cases are reported from Angul and Dhenkanal districts where common people failed to get their grievances attended by OAS officials.

Since yesterday, the OAS officers in these two districts went on mass leave in a protest against the assault on additional commission of BMC on Monday.

Angul ADM Uday Mohapatra said all the OAS officers in Angul have struck work demanding action against the main culprit and security to OAS officers in the field.He said the strike will continue till the demands are met.

The officers resorted to strike after giving a memorandum to the district collector.

In Dhenkanal,all the OAS officers working in three subdivisions went on mass leave on that issue.They struck work after giving a memorandum to district collector Somesh Upadhya yesterday.

Speaking to this paper ADM Behera said the strike will continue till the main culprit is arrested. He said the decision to go on mass leave was taken at district level.

The PCC Chargesheet Drafting Committee member Jagadananda Pradhan charged the BJP government that a “Jungle Raj" is going on in Odisha state where there is no rule of law.

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