Dharmendra Conducted Bhumi Pujan of Dhamra LNG Terminal’s, CM skipped alleging Politicisation by BJP
Bhubaneswar: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan conducted the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ of the proposed LNG terminal at Dhamra in Bhadrak District of Odisha on Saturday in presence of BJP leaders K.V. Singhdeo and Manmohan Samal. Odisha Chief Minister Nabin Pattnaik consented to attend as the chief Guest in the ground braking ceremony, but fail to attend the function for some political reasons. BJD Ministers and MLAs from the district also boycotted the function alleging that politicisation of the Government function by the BJP.
Petroleum Minister Pradhan addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone, said that the terminal will play a significant role in the development of eastern India. Prime Minister has clearly stated that India can’t be considered as developed unless the eastern region including Odisha, Manipur,West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh have developed. Only one gas terminal is operating in the country in Gujarat, but now natural gas will come to Bhadrak from America, Canada, Qatar and other countries. The terminal will be set up at a cost of Rs 6,000 crore and a pipeline to transport gas will be laid at a cost of Rs 13,000 crore, which will connect 13 districts of Odisha and State of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Hours before the ceremony, BJD posters mentioning party’s achievement and commitment for development of Bhadrak were found destroyed in the area. But, the BJP posters with the photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at various locations in Bhadrak and Dhamra port area were remained intact. The meeting venue of the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ did not have a single poster of the Chief Minister. Last evening, the Chief Minister’s office had informed that CM will not be attending the inaugural event. BJD said that, CM skipped the event due to ‘politicisation’ of the programme. “As it was a government programme, CM had given consent to attend it. But, later it turned into a political event. So, he decided to stay away from such a programme.
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