Female elephant dies of ‘sunstroke’ in R’gada
Rayagada: A female elephant died of suspected sunstroke at the Niyamgiri Hills in the Kalyansinghpur forest in Rayagada district. Though the exact reason behind the death is still unclear, the elephant might have died of sunstroke, said DFO P Sanjeev Reddy. According to report, a tusked elephant, a female elephant and an one-year-old baby elephant had been traced at Railima and its adjacent areas during the elephant counting exercise by the forest department four days ago. The female elephant died last week on Thursday, villagers said.
B’ngir BJP holds Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Week
Balangir: Members of the Balangir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit led by KV Singh Deo cleaned the road at Bhagirathi Chowk here under the banner of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Week on Monday. Singh Deo said “‘I am cleaning the road as a BJP worker not as the Maharaja of erstwhile Patna state.”’
Kamal Gandhar Institute holds annual fest
Phulbani: The annual function of the Kamal Gandhar Institute of Music and Culture was held here on Sunday. The guests who attended were MlA of Phulbani Duguni Kanhar as chief guest, PA, ITDA, Birendra Kumar Dash, Culture Officer Tankadhara Bhoi and Rasaraj Baidanka Dash as guests of honour and Rajendra Kumar Behera as chief speaker. Students of the institution headed by Punyatoya Subudhi sang a welcome song. Other students also performed solo song numbers. A dance was performed by Binod Chandra Sahu and group. Recipient of the Kamal Gandhar Sangeet Samman-2017 was musician Durga Charan Tripathi.
Sharp holds awareness drive in Narasinghpur
Narasinghpur: For creating environmental awareness, a bicycle rally was organised by voluntary organisation Sharp here on Monday. Chief guest Odisha Special Armed Police IG Sanjeeb Panda flagged off the rally. On the occasion, Sujoga India MD Manoranjan Mahapatra said keeping environment clean would lead to living a better life. Narasinghpur College Principal Prof Kulamani Bariki said all should come up with a promise to protect the environment. Under the leadership of Sharp secretary Bijay Kumar Panda, 74 cyclists started the rally from the Narasinghpur Jagannath temple with slogans “‘Gachha tiye, jibana tiye”’ and travelled about 50 km.
Utkal Alumina holds healthy baby show
Rayagada: The Utkal Alumina International ltd, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, organised a ‘healthy baby show’ at its CSR campus here. A total of 42 babies between 6 months and 2 years of age participated. They were examined and judged by DGM (Medical) Dr Ravi Chauhan, Aditya Birla Public School Principal laxminarayan Dash and Utkal Alumina medical officer Dr Satyabrata Nayak. Hindalco adviser Suryakanta Mishra, Sujata Mishra, N Nagesh and Chauhan distributed prizes. Parents were advised to take appropriate care for physical and mental development of babies. Firm president (HR) Raghunath Pratihari coordinated the event.