Bhubaneswar: The month-long Jan Sampark Padayatra, launched by the ruling BJD to sensitise the people about various welfare initiatives in the State will conclude today.
The concluding ceremony will be held at Dharmasala in Jajpur district. Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik will attend the function. He will join the last day Padayatra to be held at the Kalpataru Das Sisu Udyan. Patnaik will later attend the meeting at the Dharmasala Mahotshav ground.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister is scheduled to lay foundation stones of and inaugurate 268 projects. During the drive, the party leaders also sensitised the people about various welfare programmes of the State Government and the Mahanadi water issue.
Meanwhile, the Dharmasala police detained 25 Congress and 10 BJP activists ahead of the Chief Minister's visit to the district. Notably, the Padayatra, which is carried out for 10 days from Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) to Jayaprakash Narayan Jayanti (October 11) every year, was held for a month this year.