Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to resolve the inter-state border disputes at the earliest.
In a letter, Dharmendra requested Naveen to direct the State Assembly Speaker to convene an all-party meeting and form a house committee to initiate talks with the bordering states of Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and resolve the issues amicably.
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While suggesting the Chief Minister to take legal recourse, if necessary, he said that the state government has to take up the issue seriously to safeguard the socio-economic livelihoods of the people of Odisha.
