PARADIP FISH HARBOUR GETS CENTER’S NOD
New Delhi: The Paradip Port will develop a Fishing Harbour at a cost of Rs 99.75 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), which is under implementation by the Department of Fisheries, Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying with effect from the financial year 2020-21. Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Parshottam Rupala informed this in Lok Sabha in a written reply on Tuesday. He said the Paradip Fishing Harbour would get funding from the PMMSY and Sagarmala programmes.
JSW GETS COMMAND CENTRE AT BARBIL (Pix)
Barbil: The JSW Steel Ltd inaugurated a Central Command Control Centre (CCCC) at its Barbil office on March 11. The CCCC was formally inaugurated by RanjanNayak, COO (Odisha) of JSW Steel, who congratulated the Odisha team for being one step ahead on digital technology. Head of IT Division, JSW Steel, Odisha BK Das said, “The CCCC will provide a real-time visibility of dispatch operations, tracing of each fleet and dispatch vehicles from pit to port. Also, it will make it easy to monitor and control the operation and to reduce pilferages.”
OPGC SETS RECORD IN FLY ASH SUPPLY (Pix)
Jharsuguda: The Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) Ltd on Tuesday completed a century in the rake count of its fly ash supply to different cement industries in the country. OPGC Director (Operations) Manas Ranjan Rout flagged off the 100th rake to the Dalmia Cement, Rajgangpur. The journey had started on May 11 last year with the dispatch of the first rake to the Star Cement Plant of Assam. So far, the OPGC has supplied 3,38,000 tonnes of fly ash to different cement plants.
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AWARENESS FOR BLIND GIRLS (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha chapter of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists celebrated the International Women’s Day by organising a programme to create awareness among blind girls about menstrual hygiene. The programme at the Bhima Bhoi Drishtihina Vidyalaya here featured an open ended discussion with the girls on the subject of menstrual hygiene led by Dr Stiti Pragyan Dalbehera, president of the chapter. Sanitary napkins were distributed among the girls.
NATIONAL VACCINATION DAY AT KHARIAR (Pix)
Nuapada: The National Vaccination Day was held in the Sub-Divisional Hospital at Khariar on Wednesday. ASHA Workers under the Bhuliasikuan ANM Sub-Centre, who have been working hard to achieve 100% target in vaccination, were present. Dr Dinabandhu Mahananda, Medical in Charge, Dr Aditya Joshi, Dr Bijaya Chalan, Dhabaleswar Meher and Basudeb Patel praised the efforts of the ASHAs. Prizes were distributed to ASHAs who had achieved 100% target in vaccination in the pulse polio programme. Subhadra Dalapati, ANM, Sub-Centre, Bhulia Sikuan, Lalita Meher, ASHA, Bhuliasikuan and Pratima Joshi, ASHA Bhojpur were awarded.
TPCODL WINNER AT CII QUALITY CIRCLE COMPETITION
Bhubaneswar: The Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) has been adjudged as National Winner 2022 with Par Excellence Award at the 34th National Quality Circle Competition organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on March 10 and 11. The TPCODL’s Quality Circle team ‘Roopantaran’ took part in the competition held online with the case study ‘Reliability Improvement of High Revenue 11 KV Unit–1 Feeder-BCDD1 Division’.