B’ngir Cong protests ‘neglect’ in Covid cure
Balangir:Members of the Town Congress Committee led by Bulu Dani and District Congress Committee president Dilip Behera on Wednesday staged a protest before the Collectorate against the shortage of Covid kits, oxygen, ventilators and doctors to meet the pandemic situation in Balangir district. “We hold both the State and Central Governments responsible for this situation. Unless steps are taken to improve the facilities, the Congress will intensify its agitation further,” Dilip Behera told reporters.
PPT flags off Swachhata Rath
Paradip: As part of ongoing Swachhata Pakhwada, a Swachhata Rath was flagged off by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) MD SK Barua and Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) MD Rajesh Tripathi in the presence of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Chairman Rinkesh Roy from the PPT Administrative Building premises to create awareness about Covid-19, cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in the locality. The Rath would move around the port township in the coming days to spread such awareness.
New Angul DM reviews P'llahara projects
Pallahara: New Angul Collector Sidhartha Sekhar Swain visited Pallahara subdivision headquarters and reviewed the developmental works. Sub-Collector Ajit Kumar Pradhan, Tehsildar Swagat Das, BDO Rabindra Majhi and other officials welcomed him. He proceeded to Jamardihi PBDA areas and inquired about the PBDA works. He advised to build up a Kalyanamandap for 27 GPs of Pallahara block. He reviewed the Mo Pokhari scheme in each GP. Later, he held a meeting at Pallahara and asked the officials to ensure that Government projects are not delayed but completed in time. Block Chairman Naba Naik presented a proposal for development of cultural spots of Pallahara block.
Locals stage stir at Ramco Cement
Jajpur: Residents of Thanual, Aruha and Haridaspur panchayats staged a demonstration in front of Ramco Cement factory at Haridaspur in Jajpur district’s Dharamsala block on Wednesday to press for their various demands, including employment of locals. Police were deployed for security reasons.
Mob lynches boy for ‘stealing’ Rs 500
BARIPADA: In a deeply-shocking incident of instant mob justice, a minor boy was beaten to death by a group of villagers on the suspicion of stealing Rs 500 at Kiapanposi village under the Karanjia police station in Mayurbhanj district onWednesday.Sources said the boy was thrashed severely by a woman and her neighbours for ‘stealing’ Rs 500 from a house. The attack led to the victim’s death. On receiving information, the Karanjia police reached the spot along with a forensic team and began an inquiry and sent the body for postmortem.Though accused woman confessed that she had beaten the boy for alleged theft, she stated to be unaware of the reason behind his death Meanwhile, majority of villagers have termed incident as barbaric and demanded stringent action against the persons involved in incident.