Driver found hanging from tree at Balangir
Balangir: A man was found hanging from a tree in Balangir town on Thursday. He was identified as Rishi Sahu, a driver of the Balangir Municipality. Locals spotted the body near RTO Office Chhak and informed the Balangir Town police about it. Cops recovered the body for postmortem and started an investigation. The reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained.
Blood donation camp held in Jajpur
Jajpur: The Ansuman Memorial Trust on Thursday organised a blood donation camp that was inaugurated by district Collector Ranjan Kumar Das. At least 150 units of blood were collected. Several other district officials were present.
ISWARD, GOONJ give rations to 40 families
Khordha: The Integrated Social Welfare and Human Resources Development (ISWARD) and New Delhi-based NGO 'GOONJ' distributed dry food to 40 destressed families in Belapada village under Kamagudu village and Tankola village in Khordha district recently. The dry foods included rice, day, flour, chuda, potato and mustard oil. The villagers were also given masks to remain safe from the coronavirus. ISWARD secretary Mrutyunjay Pradhan and GOONJ programme officer Ashok Behera urged people to maintain social distance, wash hands regularly and use masks. Villagers thanked GOONJ for the support during this crises period.
4 arrested, 5 bikes seized at Fategarh
Bhapur(Nayagarh): The Fategarh police in Nayagah district arrested four persons and seized five bikes for flouting COVID-19 lockdown guidelines, said IIC Girija Nandan Pattnaik. The arrested were identified as Praksh Dalbehera (27) and Kapila Nayak (25) of Nilakantha Prasad, Prasanna Sahoo of Tarabola and Katha Rana (40) of Karabara village. The bikes were seized during a check at Kaligiri Manipur on the Baghamari- Khandpada main road. Police are now conducting checks there to ensure that nobody enters the area from the Bhubaneswar side.