JAGATSINGHPUR, March 16 -- Of the 22 semi-urban places in Odisha which were accorded the Notified Area Council (NAC) status in second phase on Wednesday, Kujang town in Jagatsinghpur district was one. The people of Kujanga and its adjacent villages besides civic body, Kujang Sachetan Nagarik Mancha (KSNM) that had spearheaded a campaign for the tag, have expressed happiness and congratulated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and 5T Chairman VK Pandian for awarding the NAC tag to Kujang.
The KSNM had vented their anger when Kujang had been excluded from the list of 35 new NACs announced by the Government in the first phase. The KSNM had observed a dawn- to- dusk Bandha on March 2 in Kujang to further push their demand. Acting on the public grie...