Former RS member Basanta Das dies
Bhawanipatna: Former Rajya Sabha member Basanta Das passed away on Wednesday following a prolonged illness. He was 80 and is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons. Das, who was suffering from age-related ailments, died at his residence in Bhawanipatna. He was a Rajya Sabha member from 1990 to 1996 as a Janata Dal nominee. He was also Chairman of the Bhawanipatna Municipality from 1985 to 1990.
Telemedicine services start in Boudh
Boudh: To ensure that residents of Boudh district avail necessary medical services at their doorsteps during the lockdown, the district administration initiated telemedicine services on Thursday. For the initiative, the administration has enlisted names and contact details of 12 medical practitioners from different departments who would assist the patients over telephone. People have been advised not to step outside to consult doctors for general health issues or regular checkups. Only person with serious illness can visit hospitals.
Distressed Joda cobbler given ration
Champua: Sushanta Das, a migrant from Mednipur of West Bengal, has been working as a cobbler in a roadside at Bilaipada under Joda block of Keonjhar for the last 15 years. However, after the lockdown, he was rendered jobless and faced much hardship. The matter was immediately brought the notice of Barbil Tehsildar Khirod Kumar Behera and Joda BDO Jogeshwar Naik by this correspondent. And soon, BDO Naik sent a staff to deliver the ration to the distressed person.
NDRF teams distribute ration, undertake sanitisation
Athagarh: The Third Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at Mundali has been organising sanitisation programmes in different places in and around Cuttack. On Thursday, Team Commander Inspector/Exe Chandan Kumar Sah led a group to conduct a sanitisation programme at Athagarh to disinfect the public places. A sub-team led by Insp/Exe PK Mishra distributed dry ration at the Old Age Home (Sradha) at Naraj Marthapur. The drive was supervised by Assistant Commandant GS Patel.
A'garh BJD leader conducts sanitisation drive
Athagarh: BJD youth leader Abhaya Kumar Barik along with his team sanitised the premises of the SBI, United Commercial Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Union Bank, petrol pumps at Radhagobindpur and Dhaipur on Wednesday with hydrochloride chemicals and distributed masks to the employees of banks, petrol pump and villagers of Dhaipur. He presented sanitiser liquid boxes to the bank managers for the use of the offices. He also distributed vegetables packets to the downtrodden of Dhaipur. Locals praised his drive.
Vedanta supplies PPEs to B'patna COVID Hosp
Lanjigarh: Vedanta’s alumina refinery in Lanjigarh has provided Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to the medical staff of the district administration for the COVID hospital in Bhawanipatna. It has provided 60,000 surgical gloves, 25,000 surgical masks in addition to surgical gowns, and 6,000 bottles of sanitizers to the hospital. The hospital authorities and the district administration have appreciated this gesture of the unit. CEO, Alumina Business, Vedanta Limited Rahul Sharma said: “We are taking all necessary steps to combat this pandemic in and around our areas of operations."