Woman dies in tusker attack in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: A woman, Pala Nayak, wife of Damodar Nayak, was killed by a tusker at village Sendkap under Sadar Range on Wednesday. Pala had gone to the nearby jungle to collect mushrooms when she came face to face with the elephant. After getting information, Sadar Range Officer Antarjyami Behera and other officials rushed to the spot. Immediately, an ex-gratia of Rs 40,000 was paid by the department to the deceased’s family. Later, Rs 3.6 lakh would be sanctioned to the family, Forester Bhupaty Sethy informed.
Man killed on Cuttack-Paradeep rail line
Jagatsinghpur: A 31-year-old man’s body was recovered by the railway police on Tuesday at Phatepur on the Cuttack-Paradeep rail line. The deceased was identified as Chhabindra Pradhan hailing from Bamadeipur panchayat under Kujanga block.
NDRF holds Swachhta drive
Athagarh: As part of the Swachhta Hi Sewa (SHS) drive of the Union Government, cops of the Third Battalion NDRF of Mundali undertook various programmes like cleaning public places at important locations on the outskirts of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, conducting village-level rallies for awareness about Swachhta, waste collection and Shramadan on Wednesday. About 70 NDRF personnel under the supervision of Assistant Commandant AK Patnaik held Shramadan near the Nandankanan Zoo and cleaned its premises. This drive that began from September 15 would be conclude on Octobers, said Inspector Rajeev Ranjan.
JSPL bags Utkal CSR Excellence Award
Bhubaneswar: Adding another feather to its cap, the Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) was honoured with the Utkal CSR Excellence Award 2018 for its outstanding natural resource management through implementation integrated watershed project in Angul district. JSPL AGM (Corporate CSR) Niharika Sahoo received the award from Bhubaneswar MP Dr Prasanna Kumar Patasani at the Utkal CSR Summit and Award ceremony held here on Tuesday. JSPL’s head (Group CSR and Education) Prashant Kumar Hota congratulated the team.
Adani Wilmar SuPoshan gets SKOCH award
Bhubaneswar: The Adani Wilmar’s Project SuPoshan was awarded with the SKOCH award at the 53rd SKOCH State of Governance Summit held in New Delhi recently. SuPoshan, Swachhagraha and The Last Mile projects also received the SKOCH orders of merit individually. Adani Foundation chairperson Dr Priti Adani said the foundation believes in bringing about sustainable change through empowering people. Project SuPoshan supported by Adani Wilmar and implemented by Adani Foundation has reached to more than two lakh households across 11 States.