71 from Odisha attend Swadeshi Mancha meet
Khurda: The Swadeshi Jagaran Mancha organised its 11th national conclave at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala recently. While as many as 936 delegations from various States took part in the conclave, 71 representatives from Odisha led by Mancha’s zonal head Dr Dhirendra Nanda attended it. Mancha’s national coordinator Arun Ojha inaugurated the event. The four-day conclave focused on several topics including FDI, global business agreement, Chinese incursion and country’s border security, inflation, farmers’ issues, country’s economic scenario, black money and corruption, youth education and unemployment, women empowerment and domestic treatment, etc. Besides, the conclave decided to send four different proposals to the Union Government regarding the country’s security and development.
227 disabled get certificates in Banpur
Banpur: A total of 162 orthopaedically-handicapped persons and 65 deaf persons were issued certificates at the Bhima Bhoi Samarthya Sibira at a health camp held at the Nehru Seva Sangh here on Friday. A medical team of doctors Nirmal Pradhan, Bijay Behera and BP Mohanty and audiologists Mantikrishna Sahoo and Suniti Sahoo checked up the disabled persons at the camp. Banpur block chairman Manas Ranjan Pradhan inaugurated the camp in the presence of ADSWO Pratima Das, Tehsildar Pabitra Mohan Das, BDO Ajit Ku Pradhan and NSS Secretary Sarojini Dash.
D’nal anti-Enzen body to hold public meeting
Dhenkanal: Enzen Hatao Steering Committee (EHSC) president Naba Kishore Guru has convened a public meeting at the Gopabandhu Town Hall here on January 5 next to exert pressure on the State Government for ouster of the company. Guru has requested the MP, all MlAs and former MlAs, MPs, Zilla Parishad president and members, NAC and municipality chairpersons and councillors, sarpanches, block chairpersons, bus and truck owner, bar association members and intellectuals of the district to participate in the meeting.
Disgruntled Enzen staffs hold meeting in Ali
Ali: A meeting was called by the Enzen staffs here on Friday under the leadership of secretary of Ali Electrical Employees’ Association (AEEA) Maheswar Samal. They raised an 11-point charter of demands against the Enzen Global Solution Private ltd. They alleged that the company has been exploiting them in matter of their wage while burdening them with heavy duties. Employee leader Niranjan Mohanty was the chief guest at the meeting which was presided over by labour leader Dasarath Mallick. AEEA president Pratap Chandra lanka, Nana Gopal Mohanty, Sarat Chandra Prusty, Prasanta Barick, Prafulla Mahapatra, Jagamohan Dikshit, Ranjan Parida and Harekrushna Maharana attended the meeting.