All A’garh prisoners shifted to Choudwar jail
Athagarh: For renovation work of the Athagarh Sub-Jail, all the 52 prisoners from the jail were shifted to the Choudwar jail on Sunday. Since the Athagarh jail has not been repaired since a long time, its condition is deteriorated, for which the Government shifted the prisoners. However, the 728-capacity Choudwar jail is already overcrowded with 1,054 prisoners including some dreaded criminals. After joining of these 52 prisoners, their number has reached at 1,106, said sources.
Biju birth centenary observed in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: The Bhadrak Biju Smruti Committee celebrated the birth centenary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik here on Sunday. Committee president Amitabala Acharya conducted the programme. Senior advocate Golak Prasad Roy, Pawan Sharma from the BJD legal Cell, Bhadrak Bar Association president Bishnu Mohan Mohapatra and secretary Suryakant Kuanr joined as guests and garlanded a photograph of the Patnaik. President Acharya said Patnik is the architect of modern Odisha. The committee has been able to send one lakh postcards to the President for the Bharat Ratna Award to the Bijubabu,” he added.
Tusker tramples S’garh man to death
Rourkela: A 40-year-old man was crushed to death by a tusker at Thutipol village under Ujalpur forest range in Sundargarh district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Krupa Barla. Forest officers recovered the body on Monday morning and sent for postmortem. Range Officer J Naik has given Rs 5,000 to the deceased’s family for cremation. The family would get Rs 2.95 lakh as per guidelines, said Naik.
MCl Mahila Mandal holds rally for Women’s Day
Sambalpur: On the eve of the International Women’s Day, the MCl’s Jagriti Mahila Mandal organised an awareness rally on Sunday. led by Mandal president Dr Nisha Thakur, the volunteers marched through the peripheral villages of Burla carrying placards and shouting slogans. Mandal vice-presidents Jyotirmayee Parida and Dr Richa Srivastava and secretary Manjiri Sinha took active part in the rally. Besides, members of the MCl Anand Vihar ladies Club also joined. Dr Thakur spoke on various gender-based issues, including atrocities against women. She stressed on the need of moral education among the children.
Eight held for beating BGR labourers
Jharsuguda: As many as eight persons have been arrested for beating the labourers of the BGR company of the OPGC at the labour colony here demanding local employment in the construction company. Acting on an FIR lodged by the BGR Company’s security in-charge at the Banaharpali police station, police arrested the eight anti-socials. The arrested beat the labourers with sticks and iron rods asking them to leave Banaharpali area so that the local people can be engaged in the construction work of the OPGC’s 3rd and 4th units.
NTPC Talcher observes Safety Day
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Super Thermal Power Station celebrated the National Safety Day on March 4. GM (O&M) Anand Khalatkar unfurled the safety flag in the presence of GM (Maintenance) PK Mahapatra and GM (Fuel Management) Anil Jana. Khalatkar said every individual working in the station should be safety conscious in order to achieve ‘zero accident’. Safety Officer SK Das read the annual safety report and briefed the various initiatives taken at the station level to enhance safety for the workers and employees.
GKEl observes Safety Week
Dhenkanal: The GMR Kamalanga Energy limited (GKEl) observed the 45th National Safety Week. The campaign was kicked off with the theme ‘Strengthen safety movement to achieve zero harm’. Safety badges were pinned to all the GKEl employees and workers, who moved around the plant with banners and placards displaying safety slogans and messages. AVP, (O&M) Arabinda Pani and GM, EHS Santosh Sahoo administered the safety oath in Odia and English, respectively. Director R Rabindranath Nair hoisted the safety flag.
Sonakshi to be face of Animla Planet’s campaign
Bhubaneswar: Wildlife channel Animal Planet has announced its 5th annual campaign to protect and conserve the tiger population in the country. Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha will be the face of Animal Planet’s 2016 campaign ‘Where Tigers Rule’. Beginning from March 1 at 9 pm every day, the Animal Planet will offer viewers an unprecedented access into the lives, habitats, behavior of various tiger species.