Adhunik team saves 200 Nepal families
Rourkela: Having completed rescue and relief operations for the earthquake affected people in Dolkha district of Nepal, the Adhunik Disaster Response Force (ADRF) returned on May 14. The ADRF team led by Group Head-Corporate Communications Sunil Kumar Mishra undertook the salvage mission. The team saved lives of more than 500 villagers of about 200 families on May 12 in two villages namely Namdu and Kavare-Maini Pokhar. The relief material distribution process started with the support of Armed Police Force and the Military unit of Nepal as per instruction of the Nepal Government.
MP lays stone for Kalyan Mandap in B’ngir
Balangir: local MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo on Sunday laid foundation-stone of a Kalyan Mandap in the College Chowk area. Singh Deo said an auditorium is going to be constructed at the Rajendra College with a cost of Rs 1.5 crore and already Rs 25 lakh has been sanctioned for this work. Among others, Balangir Municipality Chairperson Satoshini Behera, Executive Officer Santosh Behera and Councillors including Upen Deep were present.
Curtain down on Kujanga Mahotsav
Jagatsinghpur: The three-day Kujanga Mahotsav, an annual cultural festival of Kujanga-Paradeep localities concluded at Kujanga Hat premises on Friday. Mahotsav Committee president and Jagatsinghpur MP Kulamani Samal chaired the valedictory meeting. Excise Minister Damodar Rout attended the meeting as chief guest and lecturer Himansu Acharya as chief speaker. Among others, Kujanga Bar Association president ND Yadav, Block Chairman Monalisha Parida, BDO Ashok Mohanty and Tehsildar Basudev Satapathy were present. The speakers highlighted the rich cultural history of Kujanga and its contribution to the modern Odisha. Cultural events were organised followed by a felicitation ceremony for dome prominent personalities of the area.
Upadhyaya takes over as JSpur Collector
Jagatsinghpur: Bijaya Ketan Upadhyaya assumed charge as the new Collector of Jagatsinghpur district on Friday. He took the charge from his predecessor SK Mallick, who got transferred to Jajpur district as Collector. After assuming office, Upadhaya interacted with senior officials, staff and visited departments around the Collectorate. later, he held a meeting that focused on implementation of Government’s poverty alleviation schemes meant for poor people and development of the district.