Additional Chief Secretary of Culture Department Visits Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das Memorial Site
On the occasion of January 26, Hon’ble Chief Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das Birthplace Development Project at Suando village. In preparation for this event, Shri Satyabrata Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary of the Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department, visited Suando village in Puri district and inspected the under-construction memorial site of Pandit Gopabandhu Das.
During his visit, he reviewed the progress of various components of the memorial complex, including the temple, shopping center, parking area, ancestral home of Utkalmani Gopabandhu, village roads, landscaping, gardens, and the museum building. He directed the officials present to take immediate action to expedite and complete all construction works at the earliest.
Accompanying him during the visit were Puri District Collector Shri Samarth Verma, Director of the Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department Shri Ranjan Kumar Das, Departmental Additional Secretary Shri Madhusudan Das, Additional Collector of Puri Shri Pradeep Kumar Sahu, Puri District Culture Officer Shri Hemanta Kumar Behera, and Gopabandhu’s grandson Shri Dhiren Das, along with senior officials and representatives of the executing construction agency.
