Puja dirt: Swachh drive held at Paradip beach
Jagatsinghpur: A day after the Viswakarma Puja concluded at the Paradip port town, the local municipal body in collaboration with about 20 local organisations hosted a massive cleaning drive as a part of Swachha Bharat Abhiyanon Sunday. The coast line and sea beach located at Baliyatra ground had been polluted with polythene, paper bags and several non-degradable items over the whole week-long puja festivities. The civic body Chairman, Paradip ADM Biswajit Biswal and executive officer Dilip Mohanty among others participated.
Deendayal birth centenary observed at Jajpur Rd
Jajpur Road: The birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was observed here on Sunday by Vyasadev BJP Mandal. A seminar was held on the occasion. Mandal president Nityananda Mahalik, media cell president Dushmanta Kumar Rout and district Yuva Morcha vice president Ayodhyanath Jena spoke. Among others, Ashish Rath, Biswa Ranjan Pattanayak, Binay Rout, Priya Ranjan Mohanty, Kartikeswar Palai, Tultul Jena, Suman Ray, Mirza Hafizul Baig, Niranjan Perai and Biswaranjan Das were present. General secretary Arun Das delivered a vote of thanks.
RP Sao Mines workers call off strike
Champua: The striking workers of RP Sao Mines under the circle of Joda who had sat in dharna in front of the mines office since September 22 called off their strike on Monday. Sources close to KMFWU secretary Majeswar Rout said the management agreed at a meeting held on Sunday at the Regional labour Commissioner Office at Rourkela to pay one month’s arrear salary by September 29, for which the union decided to call off the strike.
Ghasipura Science student commits suicide
Anandapur: A +3 Science first year student, Swayamprakash Kumar Ojha, of Shelanka Pada village under the Ghasipura police limits committed suicide in his bedroom on Friday. Swayamprakash, son of Pravat Ojha, had been rushed to the nearest hospital by his family members, but doctors declared him brought dead. The Ghashipura police sent the body for postmortem and started investigation.
Tata Steel K’nagar bags Kalinga Safety Award
Kalinganagar: The Tata Steel was conferred with the Kalinga Safety Award 2015 in the Gold category for its Kalinganagar Steel Plant at the 7th Odisha State Safety Conclave held in Bhubaneswar recently. Tata Steel Chief Resident Executive Manikanta Naik, Chief of Operations Safety BD Mohanty and Head of Workplace Safety Operation Gajendra Chandra Bisoi were present on the occasion. Mr Mohanty also made a presentation on the ‘leadership role to bring safety culture in organisation’ in the session. The Conclave was attended by senior officials of Government and private companies and safety experts. in