KENDRAPADA, July 2:
Debi Prasanna Sutar of Jagadalpur village under Garadpur block of Kendrapara district, who was working as a Civil Engineer with the Border Road Organisation (BRO) in Ladakh, was cremated at his village cremation ground on Sunday morning after a Guard of Honour.
Thousands of people, including the village intellectual masses, political leaders, and officials, visited the cremation ground to pay their last homage to the departed soul.
Sutar (35) got martyrdom on June 30 last year after heavy snow fell on him while he and a JCB driver were cleaning the road with the help of the JCB machine, and he was frozen to death.
After the mortal remains of the martyr were brought to Biju Patnaik Airport, they were taken to his native village in a well-decorated vehicle on Saturday night people lined up on both sides of the road to pay their tribute while the body was taken in a procession from his house to the cremation ground.
Odisha Minister of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, visited the cremation ground and paid his last tribute to the martyr.
The Minister said Debi Prasanna Sutar has made the district proud by becoming a martyr while serving the motherland. He prayed to God to give enough courage to the bereaved family members to overcome the loss.
Sutar is survived by his widow, Jyotshnamayee and a 3-year-old son. (UNI)
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