Elephant calf carcass found in Athagarh
Athagarh: The carcass of an elephant calf was found in the Nareijani forest area under Baramba range on Thursday. local DFO Arun Mishra, Baramba forest ranger and their team visited the spot and conducted an autopsy of the calf. The team revealed that the four-month-old calf died not less than a week and its flesh was removed. However, locals alleged that due to non-vigil by forest department personnel, not only the lives of wild animals are at stake but the Athagarh jungle has turned into a safe haven for wood mafias and poachers.
ISWHRD holds silent prayer for linkan
Khurda: The Integrated Social Welfare and Human Resource Development (ISWHRD) of Khurda in association with the RK College held a silent prayer in the collage premises here on Thursday for early recover of activist linkan Subuddhi, who was attacked for opposing a child marriage in Noida. Kaipadar Sri Jagannath Collage History lecturer Bhubaneswar Nayak was the chief guest.
Public hearing favours EMIl Koira project Rourkela: The State Pollution Control Board on Thursday conducted a public hearing at Koira in Sundargarh district in connection with enhancement of production capacity from 1.5 MTPA to 4 MTPA at the Koira Iron Ore Mines and setting up of a 1.2-MTPA pellet plant at Nuagaon by the Essel Mining and Industries limited (EMIl), an Aditya Birla Group company. The public hearing, in which over 1,000 villagers participated, was held under the chairmanship of Rourkela ADM Rabindra Nath Mishra in the presence of local MlA Janardan Dehuri, amon others. The public in general sought give employment preference to local youths.
Vedanta gets CII HR award
Jharsuguda: Vedanta Jharsuguda was presented the 4th CII National HR Excellence Award 2013 for its commitment to HR excellence at the CII National HR Excellence Award Confluence in New Delhi on Wednesday. Vedanta Jharsuguda HR head Dr Rajeev Nayan and his young colleagues received the award.