Pani Panchayat Fortnight at Balanga
Balanga: A Puri district-level Pani Panchayat Fortnight and a farmers’ awareness programme began here on Tuesday. District Planning Board Chairman and Nimapara MLA Samir Dash was chief guest. Among others, Puri Zilla Parishad Chairperson Jyotirimaya Dalai, District Agriculture Deputy Director S Chandra Sekhar Rao and District Horticulture Deputy Director Naba Kishor Tada were guest of honour. Nimapara Irrigation Executive Engineer Sashibhusan Mishra welcomed the guests. Puri Irrigation Executive Engineer Pramod Kumar Rout presided over the function. Balanga Water Resources SDO Rakesh Kumar Mallick gave a vote of thanks.
Justice for Balanga SC people demanded
Balanga: Demanding justice from the Balanga police, the National Ambedkar Smruti Parishad Odisha, staged agitation in front of the police station on Tuesday. The Parishad demanded that the deprived schedule castes people of the area get justice from the police. Parishad secretary Bijaya Kumar Mallick handed over a memorandum to the Puri district Collector through Pipili SDPO Dillip Tripathy.
Puspagiri College celebrates annual day
Mahanga: The Puspagiri College, Mahanga celebrates its annual day here on Wednesday where Rabindranath Mallick presided over the programme. Assembly Speaker Pradip Amaat, Health Minister Pratap Jena, MP Siddhanta Mohapatra, Mahanga Block Chairman Sarat Nayak, singer Human Sagar and actress Riya Dey attended as guests.
Nayak Memorial College holds annual day
Mahanga: The Durga Charan Nayak Memorial College celebrated its annual day function here on Wednesday which was presided over by Prahalad Jena. Assembly Speaker Pradip Amat, Health Minister Pratap Jena, MP Siddhant Mohapatra, Mahanga Block Chairman Sarat Nayak, singer Human Sagar and actress Riya Dey attended as guests.
12 kg ganja seized; car driver held at Paradip
Paradip: Police seized 12 kg of ganja, a Tata Indigo car, two mobile sets and cash of Rs 14,250 and arrested car driver Baikuthanath Lenka in connection with transportation of the contraband, said Paradip Model PS IIC RK Samal. The driver was forwarded to court on Wednesday. On Tuesday, while SI PK Lenka was on traffic duty at Terminal Square, he found the car coming from the PPL side to the township with high speed. Lenka signaled the driver to stop, but, instead, the driver further accelerated the car’s speed. A police van followed the car and detained it near PPT gate no-2 and found the ganja in it.