MLA launches roadside plantation drive
Nayagarh: Daspalla MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera inaugurated a roadside plantation drive at Daspalla Territorial Range of Nayagarh Forest Division on NH-57 on August 19. Nayagarh DFO, Daspalla Range Officer Mallick, Daspalla Block Chairperson Sahu, local Sarpanch, Foresters, Forest Guards, BJD activists and senior journalist Sunil Mishra were present. MLA Behera and DFO dug earth and planted neem trees.
Miscreants damage contractor’s vehicles in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Three miscreants allegedly damaged a contractor’s three vehicles engaged in construction work at Palasola village on the Jagatsinghpur outskirts when he refused to give them extortion money. The contractor’s supervisor Manas Ranjan Mahali lodged an FIR at the Jagatsinghpur police station on Saturday. The miscreants included Lucky Parida of Manapur and Sher Khan of Lala Sahi. They searched for the contractor on Friday evening and demanded extortion money. As supervisor Mahali expressed inability to give any money, the miscreants brandished guns, damaged two Hywa vehicles and a JCB machine. Police registered a case and launched a manhunt to nab the fugitive miscreants.
AIDS, TB, blood donation awareness drive
Jagatsinghpur: A virtual campaign was launched by the National Cadet Corps’ (NCC) Jagatsinghpur wing spreading awareness among the cadets on HIV and TB and blood donation on Saturday. NCC Officer Amulya Kumar Mishra from the Alanahat High School coordinated the computer-generated awareness campaign, which 55 cadets from different colleges and schools across the district viewed and offered their opinions. Odisha Battalion Commanding Officer Lt Col Sanjeeb Diwan, senior officers of Indian Army, DDG, NCC Odisha Commodore Somen Banarjee greeted the NCC unit for hosting the campaign.
Puri DM visits various facilities at Balanga
Balanga: Puri Collector Samarth Varma on Thursday visited the newly-constructed passenger rest shed at the Balanga Bus-Stand, gram panchayat children’s park, Balanga Nodal High School and Balanga Government Hospital. He found some irregularities and inferior construction work at smart classroom of the Nodal High School. He directed departmental officers to rectify the work. At the Government Hospital, he had discussion with Medical Officer Dr Swapnarani Mohapatra. He directed the Puri CDMO to handed over the newly-built health and wellness centre to the Medical Officer for patient service. Balanga BJD president Sukanta Baral urged the Collector for appointment of a regular doctor in the hospital and improvement of hospital staff quarters.