TU leader's mother passes away
Paradip: Prominent trade union leader Santosh Kumar Pattnaik's mother Swarnalata Patnaik passed away on Saturday. On Sunday, her body was taken around Balarampur village and Kujang Bazar with Harinam Sankirttan before being taken to the Puri Swargawar for last rites. Swarnalata was wife of late noted teacher and farmer leader Bubhuti Bhusan Patnaik and blessed with six sons and a daughter. She was a devotee of Thakur Abhiram Paramahansa Dev. All her sons Saroj, Santosh, Subodh, Susant, Sangram and Sanjib were present at her deathbed.
Ganjam Chamber holds blood donation camp
Brahmapur: On the eve of its golden jubilee celebration, the Ganjam Chamar of Commerce held a blood donation camp here on Sunday with support of the Brahmapur Jewelers’ Association and the Associaon of Voluntary Blood Donation (AVBD). A total of 50 units of blood were collected from the camp. Blood Bank officer Dr Jayant Kumar Mishra, PRO Susant Kumar Panigrahi, technicians Gopal Krushna Panda, Nanda Gopal Rao and Debashis Panda, Chambar president VVR N Rao, secretary Manoj Kumar Padhy, Rajani Kant Boxi, KN Senapaty, Sushant Ghosh and ET Rao were present.
Treatment given to ailing elephant in A’garh
Athagarh: A 50-year-old female elephant, which is suffering from indigestion for some days in the Balikiari Reserve Forest under the Narsinghpur West Range of Athagarh Division. Athagarh DFO Sasmita Lenka informed this to the veterinary doctors of OUAT. Elephant experts of Nandankanan rushed the spot and started treatment of the elephant on Sunday morning. The DFO, who escorted the doctors’ team, said that after proper treatment given to the pachyderm, its condition is improving.
Motorcyclist killed in head-on collision
Boudh: Locals staged a road blockade after a motorcyclist was killed in head-on crash with a pickup van in Boudh district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Ganesh Behera, a resident of Gunduribida village. The incident occurred near Chari Chhak Bazar under the Purunakatak police station. The irate locals ransacked the van and blocked the Khordha-Balangir NH-57 demanding compensation for the deceased’s family. Police rushed to the spot and convinced the protestors to free the road.