Pulwama martyr’s wife donates to CMRF
Jagatsinghpur: Carrying forward her husband’s trait of serving the nation, Mina Sahoo, wife of Pulwama martyr Prasanna Kumar Sahoo of Sikhar village in Naugaon area of Jagatsinghpur district, made donation to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for helping the State Government in combating COVID-19. Sahoo handed over a cheque of Rs 35,000 to Jagatsinghpur district administration in this regard. Her act has been hailed by many in the area.
Biju admirer donates Rs 23K to CMRF (Pix)
Sambalpur: Raghunath Pujari (84), an ardent follower and lover of legendary Biju Padnaik, donated Rs 23,000 from his pension to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (COVID-19) on the occasion of Bijubabu's 23rd death anniversary on Friday. Pujari was an intelligence officer at the then Kalinga Tubes many years back. After the plant’s closure, he did BEd and served as a teacher for 25 years. Bijubabu had supported him a lot. "As a mark of gratitude to Bijubabu, I made the donation to the CMRF on his death anniversary," said Pujari.
Ganjam BJD leaders hold Biju death anniv
Brahmapur: In view of the COVID-19 restrictions, BJD leaders and workers in Ganjam district observed the 23rd death anniversary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik individually at their houses on Friday. Among others, MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu, MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, Construction Workers' Welfare Board Chairman RC Chyaupatnaik, former BeMC Chairman Subash Moharana, Biju Manila district president Sanghamitra Dalei, Biju Mahila State organising secretary Jyotsna Padhi garlanded Bijubabu's photos in their houses.
20 blood units collected in Bhapur camp
Bhapur (Nayagarh): A blood donation camp was held at the Bijipur High School in Bhapur block of Nayagarh district. Many locals including women and youth donated blood in the camp organised by Ama Odisha and the local Bindu organisation. Twenty units of blood were collected in the camp. Bhapur BDO Satya Sundar Rout, Community Health Centre(CHC) in-charge Dr Ananda Prasad Tripathy , Ramachandra High School Head Master Sudhir Panda were among others present.
Sunabeda VSV donates Rs 1L to CMRF
Koraput: The VS Vidyalaya of HAL township, Sunabeda donated Rs 1 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) for utilisation in curbing the COVID-19 in the State. All staffs and NMRs of the school came forward voluntarily and contributed. School secretary Tanveer Alam, Principal Hemanta Kumar Seth and Senior Librarian Shaik Ibrahim handed over a demand draft of the amount drawn in favour of the CMRF to Koraput district Collector Madhusudan Mishra. The philanthropic attitude of the staffs of the VSV has earned appreciation from different corners.
Saraswati Sishu Mandir contributes to CMRF
Champua: To fight against the corona pandemic, Chandragupta Prasad, president of Saraswati Sishu Mandir, Barbil handed over a cheque of Rs 20,002 to local Tehsildar Khirod Kumar Behera for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in the presence of Jagabandhu Kar and Dambarudhar Mahanta, secretary and Pradhan Acharya of the school, respectively. The amount was collected from the one day’s salaries of the teachers and contribution of school managing committee.
Jeevan Bindu blood donation camp at Joda
Champua: A BJD Jeevan Bindu blood donation camp was held at Joda on Monday to help sickle cell patients. Jyoti Ranjan Mallick and other paramedical staffs of the Champua Sub-Divisional Hospital monitored the programme. A total of 21 units of blood were collected. Former Champua MLA Jitu Patnaik inaugurated the camp, which was organised by Keonjhar district BJD secretary Sushanta Kumar Barik in cooperation with party leader Niranjan Bahidar and industrialist Mukesh Singhania, Amar Kejriwala, Subash Bihari and Bitu Das.