12 hospitalised as van rams into tree in Rayagada
Rayagada: At least 12 persons were injured after a van by which they were travelling hit a tree near Dhobagudi, 10 km from Muniguda in Rayagada district late on Saturday night. Around 15 persons from Daringibadi were travelling to Muniguda in the van. The driver lost control over the vehicle, following which it rammed into the tree and later fell into a nullah. Fire Services personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the passengers and admitted the 12 injured to the Muniguda Community Health Centre. Four critically-injured persons were later shifted to the Rayagada District Headquarters Hospital.
U’kote Rotary Club installs water purifier
Umarkote: The local Rotary Club on Saturday installed a water purifier in the Tehsil office here to provide drinking water to the general public. Nabarangpur district Collector Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra inaugurated the water purifier and a Swabhiman Centre of the club. He also distributed study kits to students. Among others, Tehsildar Dharamraj Majhi, Rotarians Srinibas Patnaik, Jhadeswar Mohanty, Babu Swain and Monmohan Senapati, Umarkote Bar Association president Prasant Kumar Sahu and lawyer Monohar Mohanty were present.
Anshuman Trust holds mega health camp in Jajpur
Jajpur: The Anshuman Memorial Trust organised a mega health camp at Jaraka here on Sunday in which a team of doctors with specialisations in medicine, surgery, orthopedics, gynaecology, child specialist and dentistry examined patients for various ailments. Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balabantaray and Jajpur ZP President Naresh Chandra Mohanty attended as guests. About 3,000 patients were treated in the health camp. Among others, former BDO Bijay Ray, social activist Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo, Debaraj Mishra and Hitesh Samal were present. The trust also organised a national-level cricket tournament.
Children’s fest ‘Mahak’ held in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The Ganjam District Child Protection Unit organised a regional-level children festival, ‘Mahak 2018’, here recently. Competitions like debate and singing were organised among children of 10 districts. Additional District Magistrate Kabindra Kumar Sahu and Additional SP Santanu Kumar Dash inaugurated the programme. The winners of the competitions would take part in the State-level competition. Among others, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Chairman Ranjit Kumar Banerjee, DEO Dr Sanatan Panda, Brahmapur Development Authority Chairman Subash Moharana and CWC members Harihar Padhy, Dr Shyamkant Jena and Rabindra Kumar Maharana were present.
7 boxers leave for inter-State meet in Allahabad
Brahmapur: Seven boxers from Odisha left Brahmapur on Sunday, who have been selected to take part in the inter-State Boxing Championship to be held in Shantipuram in Allahabad from November 13 o 17. Six boxers from Ganjam district and one from Koraput have been selected to take part in the tournament, informed Odisha Boxing Association general secretary Kabiraj Gauda.
DCB awarded Kalinga Safety Award
Rourkela: Dalmia Cement Bharat (DCB), Rajgangpur (formerly OCL India Ltd) has got Kalinga Safety Award (Gold Category) in the cement plant category in Odisha for the year 2017 at the 9th Odisha State Safety Conclave 2018 instituted by the Institute of Quality and Environment Management Services held in Bhubaneswar and was awarded by Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal. The award was received by representatives of Rajgangpur Plant Arbind Singh, Naveen Soni, Sudhir Mohany, Bijaya Dash and Manjinder Singh.
NTPC bags 2 Swarna Shakti awards
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Super Thermal Power Station has bagged two Swarna Shakti awards: Best Operating Solar Plant and Best Health Services for year 2017-18. NTPC Kaniha CGM Santosh James received the award from NTPC Director (Commercial) AK Gupta and Director (HR) S Roy in presence of NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh at a function held in New Delhi. Besides, NTPC Kaniha employee Sanjay Kumar Rout working in C and I Department received the CMD Safety Award for year 2017-18. Among others, NTPC Kaniha Directors Kulamani Biswal, SK Roy, Prakash Tiwari and PK Mohapatra were present.