Parliament panel visits Paradip Port
Paradip: The Parliament Standing House Committee visited the Paradip Port on Friday. Committee Chairman Dr Birendra Kumar and members BS Koili, DG Fatepara, GN Ratanpur, RK Dibakar, Hari Majhi and K Kumar were in the team along with top EPF, ESI and G.l.C officials. After the site visit, they held a close-door meeting at the Jawahar Guest House where PPT Chairman MT Krishnababu, Paradip ADM Dr Ramakrishna Sahoo and other State and port official were present. Trade union leaders Prabhat Samantaray, Ananta Kumar Das and Bibhuti Ranjan Panda gave proposals for welfare of lbourers and development of the port.
663 cases settled at Jeypore lok Adalat
Jeypore: As many as 663 different cases were disposed of at the national lok Adalat here. While 13 bank recovery suits were settled, 13 NI Acts cases, 73 pre-litigation bank loan dispute cases, eight matrimonial, 195 criminal and 361 revenue cases were disposed. A total of Rs 26,90,287 was collected as fine.
B’sore Alloys holds programme for PWDs
Baleswar: As part of its CSR activities, the Balasore Alloys organised a programme ‘Udaya’ for physically-challenged persons at Rotary Bhawan premises on Thursday. Several differently-abled persons across all the 12 blocks in the district attended the event. District SP Awinash Kumar, Collector Sanatan Mallick, company’s director Ansuman Bhanj, Dr Shantu Das and Prasant Das joined the event as guests and underscored the need to encourage and support differently-abled persons to ensure that they lead an independent and self-sufficient life. The company said that the process of identifying differently-abled persons has begun to train them on tailoring, mobile repairing and others soft skills.
DRM visits J’suguda railway station
Jharsuguda: South Eastern Railway, Chakradharpur Division, Divisional Railway Manager Rajeev Agarwal on Saturday visited railway stations and related amenities at Jharsuguda railway station. The DRM also took stock of developmental initiatives undertaken at the railway station like installation of escalators. The DRM also directed the authorities to close one tea stall which was running without renewal of contact at the station. Prior to the visit of General Manager, Garden Ritch Kolkata, DRM visited and reviewed the developmental works in Jharsuguda railway station, sources said.
PKKS Jr College observes annual day
Jharsuguda: The annual day of PKKS Junior College, Kantapali was celebrated on Saturday with Jharsuguda MlA Naba Kishore Das attending the event as chief guest and gracing the occasion. College Principal Santosh Sahoo presided over the meeting. On the occasion Das assured to extend all cooperation for the development of college within his competence. The chief guest also awarded trophy to Nirupama Bhoi of the college, who topped the Plus II examination in the district. Almost all college staff and students were present on the occasion. Cultural programme was also performed by the students.