Youth’s body recovered from Puri hotel
Puri: A youth’s body was recovered from a locked room in the Hotel Subhadra on the Grand Road here on Wednesday night. The Town Police seized the body and sent it for post-mortem. It was identified as Srikant Rao (30) of Chhatrapur in Ganjam district who checked in at 11 am on Monday. It is said that he was away from his family for last three years due to some disturbances.
Meet held for informal waste workers’ kids
Bhubaneswar: A consultation on ‘Mainstreaming Children of Informal Waste Workers’ was held by city-based Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD) with the support of the Practical Action and Bernard Van leer Foundation here on Tuesday. Government officials, civil society organisations and representatives from slum development committees and the ICDS participated in the event. Chief guest SSA DPC Amita Pattanayak said awareness and efforts of parents are highly necessary for development of children. She also highlighted various provisions under the RTE Act. Among others, DCPO Banishree Pattanayak, Child Welfare Committee member Nirupama Rath, Practical Action programme manager Rashmi Patel and CACl State convener Sudhir Sabat spoke.
Activists protest Vedanta plant expansion
Bhubaneswar: A group of activists from several political and social organisations staged a demonstration here on Thursday protesting the Wednesday public hearing by the Government for expansion of Vedanta Aluminum’s lanjigarh plant. The activists said the plant still does not have proper mining whereas the company is planning to increase its capacity. Deb Ranjan said that as the Niyamgiri hill is close to the plant, the company would try mining in the hill. It is a conspiracy against the local tribals.
Nalco bauxite mines awarded
Bhubaneswar: The Nalco’s bauxite mines situated at Panchpatmali Hill, Koraput has bagged the Sita Ram Rungta Social Awareness Award 2013-14, instituted by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI). Nalco CMD Ansuman Das received the trophy from Union Minister of Steel and Mines NS Tomar at the FIMI annual general meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.