Women observe bandh for drinking water
Redhakhol: The Maa lakshmi Pratibeshi Mahila Samiti on Wednesday observed a 12-hour bandh here demanding availability of drinking water in the town during the scorching summer. All shops and offices remained closed and vehicular movements were halted due to the bandh called by the women’s organisation. The locals and various organisations also supported the bandh demanding resumption of the pending project, which had been launched five years ago for providing piped drinking water to Redhakhol and adjacent areas from river Mahanadi.
Dolphin’s carcass found in Baleswar river
Baleswar: A carcass of a five-feet-long dolphin was recovered from Nakdapahi in Talpada panchayat under Bahanaga block in Baleswar district on Tuesday. The carcass weighing 50 kg with a girth of 2 feet was found floating in Kantiachira river. Forest officials suspected that the mammal might have died in the sea and its carcass swept into the river. Forest officials sent the carcass to Gopalpur for postmortem.
2 die as bikes collide in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: In a tragic incident, two persons were killed and another sustained injuries as two motorbikes collided and a speeding truck run over them on the lanjipalli bypass here on Monday. The deceased were identified as K Charan Tej Yadav of Bhapur bazaar and Pramod Kumar Nayak of Aankula Street. locals have expressed strong resentments over accidents occurring on the lanjipalli bypass and Haladia Padar on NH-59.