7 held for killing mouse deer in B’swar
Baleswar: Wildlife personnel of Baleswar on Sunday arrested and court-forwarded seven persons from the Kuldiha sanctuary on the charge of poaching a mouse deer. They were identified as Banthu Singh (28), Renta Singh(26), Sanatan Singh (25), Rabindra Singh (25), Shyamsundar Tudu (30), Saluk Hembram (27) and Upendra Hembram (32). The team also seized arms and a dead mouse from them.
Woman electrocuted in Nilgiri
Baleswar: A 50-year-old woman was electrocuted to death at Nilgiri on Saturday. She was identified as Kalpalata Jena of Kahalia village under the Nilgiri NAC. She came in contact with a live electric wire and died.
Stone laid for cyclone shelter in Jajpur
Jajpur: Dharmasala MlA Pranab Balabantaray on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a cyclone shelter built at an estimated cost Rs 80 lakh at Kantigadia of Dharamasala in Jajpur district. The MlA said that cyclone shelters are the lifelines in disaster-prone areas during various natural calamities. Among others, Jaraka RD executive engineer lokanatha Mishara, SDO Narayan Ojha and junior engineer Ranjan Biswal were present.