NDRF team deployed for Titli
Athagarh: As many as 151 cops of the NDRF 03 Battalion at Mundali have been deployed in Gajapati, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Nayagarh, Puri and Jajpur districts for Severe Cyclone Titli under the guidance of Deputy Commandant BK Das. More than three teams are likely to be sent soon to other parts as per immediate call. Inspectors DK Singh, SS Suman, Manoranjan Mohanty, Arvind Gajraj, MK Choudhury and Chandan K Sah lead the deployed teams, respectively, informed PRO of Battalion Inspector Rajeev Ranjan.
Ex-Defence men hold meeting in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Former Defence personnel including Army, Air Force and Navy of Jagatsinghpur district held a meeting at Odapada under Raghunathpur block on Monday. They discussed the manifold problems they have been suffering after superannuation and decided to approach the Central and State Governments for justice. They also decided to hold a district-level convention very soon to unite all former Defence men in one platform, said retired Major Kulamani Sutar, who presided over the meeting. Among others, former Defence employees Harekrushna Parida, Saroj Chandra Barala, BK Rout and Nityananda Sahu spoke and proposed holding another meeting on October 28.
Woman dies in wall collapse in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: A middle-aged woman, Rina Ghadei, of Gadaharishpur village under the Erasama area died after a wall collapsed on her on Tuesday. Rina was engaged in breaking a mud-thatched house of Harihar Chaini in Mukundapur village here when a portion of wall collapsed. She was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) where she succumbed to her injuries.