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Serious allegations of corruption have surfaced against officials of the Barpali Notified Area Council (NAC), with elected councillors accusing the Executive Officer Kailash Urma and a Junior Engineer (JE) of large-scale financial irregularities across multiple developmental projects.
All councillors from the Bijepur zone reportedly locked the NAC office recently in protest, claiming that the EO and JE have been carrying out works arbitrarily, bypassing government norms. They have demanded a thorough investigation by the Odisha government and immediate action against those responsible.
Barpali NAC, comprising 11 wards, is curre...