Today evening while me along with my friends were sitting near the parking area of the beach which is on the beach near Panthanivas Hotel, a police jeep arrived and the officer in it said “Why are you all sitting here? You were told not to sit here? There were problems arising because of you people sitting here”. Then I along with my friends dispersed from there. I don’t know what kind of order is it. Is this order legal? Why we were told to not sit there which is a public place to sit and relax. What kind of preventive measure it is! There were complete darkness at the beach, and the local government is not doing anything about it. And there is no police men also in this side of the beach to maintain security. Shame on Orissa government. Shame in the name of development which it is claiming. Will filing a Public Interest Litigation help? Will it help to evict the part of the beach which is encroached by the some hotels who considers this beach as their father’s property?

Czechoslovak couple attacked on Puri beach

While there is good electrification in one part of the beach, the other part is completely dark. This part of the beach is absolutely unsafe for tourists. The local government is blindfolded to all these issues. People of Orissa need to elect honest and able leaders to address these issues. Because here politicians bring nasty politics in between everything. They don't care when people suffer.