Jajpur couple held for abandoning girl child
Jajpur: Police on Wednesday arrested a man and his wife for abandoning their newborn daughter at the Jajpur Road Community Health Center (CHC) in Jajpur district on Sunday. The arrested were identified as Ambika Mohanty and her husband Deepak Mohanty of Sukinda. “Ambika and Depak fled from the CHC leaving behind the newborn after a few hours of her birth. They were arrested on the complaint of hospital authorities,” said IIC Shishir Mishra.
BJP Mahila Morcha meet held in B’pur
Brahmapur: The Ganjam district BJP Mahila Morcha held its meeting here on Tuesday presided over by district Morcha president Banaja Panda. Morcha State general secretary Babita Patra urged members to strengthen the organisation. A new Morcha team was also declared in which Meena Dyansamtaray, Sunita Patro, Rashmi Rekha Mohapatro and Sarita Patro were selected as vice-presidents, Sujata Bisoyi and S Rani as general secretaries, Sanjukta Panigrahi, Sushila Singh, Anuradha Sahu, Manorama Pradhan and Tanusri Sahu as secretaries, Minakhi Panigrahi as treasurer and 15 others as district executive members.
BJP Yuva Morcha holds blood donation camp
Brahmapur: The BJP Yuva Morcha of Gopalpur constituency organised a mega blood donation camp in Rangeilunda block on Wednesday. BJP State secretary Bibhuti Bhusan Jena inaugurated the camp. Medical officer Dr Jyoti Prakash Panda, Narsingha Dakua and Binod Chandra Behera were present and collected 70 units of blood. Yuva Morcha district general secretary Rajesh Kumar Sahu, N Damburu Reddy, Bionod Kumar Mishra, Subashish Sahu, Jeetu Patro and D Gopi coordinated the camp.
Two minor boys killed in mishaps in M’bhanj
Baripada: Two minors were killed in separate incidents in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. While a boy died due to an explosion in a stone-crushing unit at Bangriposi, another minor boy succumbed to his injuries after an auto-rickshaw by which he was going was hit by a bus from behind in Karanjia.
JK Paper holds Environment Day
Rayagada: The JK Paper Mills celebrated the World Environment Day in the spirit of its logo that describes “We plant a tree for every pack you buy” in its plant premises at Jaykaypur here. Executive Vice-President (Works) PK Suri, VP (Manufacturing) Vijaya Mantry and VP (Commercial) Bharat Agrawal graced the occasion as guests. “Each of us should plant at least one tree for protection of environment. Through plantation, we can save our mother earth from global warming and make it beautiful,” said Suri. He also emphasised to create a clean and conducive environment through proper management of solid waste in the JKPM Township and adjacent villages.
OPGC observes World Environment Day
Jharsuguda: The Odisha Power Generation Corporation limited (OPGC) observed the World Environment Day at IB Thermal Power Station colony with this year’s theme “Connecting People to Nature”. A week-long mass plantation drive was carried out at IB Thermal Power Station plant premises in which more than 100 saplings were planted. A series of events were organised including drawing competition, environment quiz competition and other competitions to create awareness on the importance of environment protection among the contractors, community, employees and their family members. A cycle rally was also organised to sensitise the inhabitants of Jharsuguda town on the impending dangers of global warming and negligence towards protection of environment.
Acid rain occurs in Joda-Barbil
CHAMPUA: Residents of the Joda-Barbil area in Keonjhar district witnessed ‘acid rain’ on Wednesday morning. According to experts, acid rain means the rain that is acidic in nature due to the presence of certain pollutants in the air due to movement of large numbers of cars and large-scale industrial activities in the Joda- Barbil mining area. Acid rain not only causes health problems like respiratory disorders but also speeds up the decay of building materials and peeling off of paints on buildings prematurely, experts pointed out.