Ganjam RTO staff succumbs to Covid
Brahmapur: A Class-IV employee of Ganjam Regional Transport Office (RTO) succumbed to Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the Tata Covid Hospital here. V Devraj Reddy had been admitted to the hospital after he developed Covid symptoms. He had been on duty at the Jagannathpur and Brahampur railway stations to receive returnees coming by Shramik Special Trains.
Baleswar DHH virtually paralysed
Baleswar: The District Headquarters Hospital here is virtually paralysed after as many as seven officials are detected Covid positive. They included the Chief District Medical Officer, ADMO, DPM and senior clerks, said sources.
K’pada DHH shut for 3 days after Covid detection
Kendrapada: The Kendrapada District Headquarters Hospital has been closed for three days from Friday after some employees tested positive for Covid-19. However, the fever clinic, casualty, emergency operation theatre and obstetrics operation theatre services would continue during the period, the Collector said.
Gopalpur Port to build crematorium wall
Brahmapur: The Gopalpur Port authorities will construct a boundary wall around the cremation ground at Bata Chhatrapur. A groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of the boundary wall of the cremation ground was held on Thursday. Sarpanch of Kanamana panchayat, S Chakrapani Reddy, Samitisabhya Rasmita Behera, former Sarpanch Krishna Rao, Bhagirathi Behera, village president Kamaraju Reddy, officials of the Gopalpur Port, among others, were present.
MESCO contractors sit on dharna against work halt
Jajpur Road: As many as 19 contractors of the MESCO Steel Ltd, Khurunti, Kalinganagar in Jajpur district staged a demonstration in front of the plant on Wednesday in protest against halt in their works from November 2019 and nonpayment of monthly bills since July 2019. As many as 500 labourers have lost their livelihood due to a break in the work. Contractors’ representative and social activist Dushmanta Rout led the dharna.
‘Udayabata’ launches e-news portal
Jajpur Road: news magazine ‘Udayabata’ has launched a web news portal, ‘www.udayabataenews.com’ on the Independence Day here. Human rights activist Deepak Ranjan Panigrahi hoisted the Tricolour and hailed the launching of the web portal. Dusmanta Kumar Rout presided over the meeting attended by Dr Akshay Kumar Panda, Upendranath Mohanty, Nrusingha Bal, Bidyutprava Ray, Sumitra Mishra, Basant Patra, Abhiram Parida, Suman Ray and Prafulla Barik. Abhisek Malla gave a vote of thanks.