The demand for district status to Brahmapur gained momentum after the CM Naveen Patnaiks recent decision to make Padmapur the 31stdistrict of the State.
City based outfit Sahara TaliAnchalMilitaKriyaAnusthan Committee (STAMKAC) has renewed its earlier demand of making the Brahmapur sub-division a district. The STAMKAC had submitted a memorandum in this regard addressing to the Chief Ministerin 2018 when the Government was considering creating some new districts before the 2019 simultaneous .
Ganjam district is still a big district to govern and for better administration, Brahmapur needs to be made a district, said Patnaik.
Brahmapur has already got a separate Police and labour district tag under its purview. Recently the Government is also going to give a nod for a separate RTO office for Brahmapur. The RDC office is in Brahmapur but the district headquarters town of Ganjam is in Chhatrapur, said the memorandum.