Tag: Central Team

Bhubaneswar: An eight-member central team will arrive in Bhubaneswar tomorrow to assess the damages caused by cyclone Titli and subsequent floods in the state. Joint Relief Commissioner of Odisha, Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra informed today that the team led by Joint secretary of Union Home ministry SK Sahi is scheduled to arrive in the state capital […]

Bhubaneswar: With the deadly Nipah Virus (NiV) reportedly claiming lives of 12 persons in Kerela, the Odisha government has issued an alert to five medical colleges and 30 District Headquarters Hospitals (DHHs) in the wake of the virus outbreak. As per reports, the transmission of NiV takes place through direct contact with fruit bats infected […]

New Delhi: In order to assess the situation following pest attack on crops in Odisha, a central team comprising top agriculture experts will visit the affected areas in the State on November 12. The team headed by Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will visit worst-hit Bargarh district first followed by other […]

Cuttack: A four-member team of Union Panchayati Raj ministry arrived in Cuttack today to probe irregularities in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) at Anandapur panchayat of Mahanga block of the district. According to sources, the team which includes chief investigating officer VS Rana has been sent by the Centre to look into misallocation of funds […]

Khurda: A three-member Central team today visited Kerang village in Khurda district to review the dimension of bird flu. The team, after a meeting with district collector Niranjan Sahu, went to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Kerang village and examined its healthcare facilities. The team later directed the Health officials to engage Health Workers […]

Berhampur: The Central team which is in Odisha to review the state of affairs and collect feedback on the implementation of the demonetization program visited Berhampur and Jajpur today. Central team member and Union Joint Secretary, Food and Public Distribution, Suresh Vashist held discussions with Ganjam collector Premchandra Choudhary along with representatives from Agriculture, industries […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central team, which visited Odisha on Wednesday to study the problems in the implementation of the demonetisation of Rs.1000 and Rs.500 notes, expressed pleasure over the initiatives taken by State government to ease situation. “The State has taken very good measures to ease the problems arising out of demonetisation. We have discussed various […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis touched 68 in 46 days so far in Malkangiri district, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme joint director Kalpana Baruah, a member of the Central team on Odisha visit to take stock of the situation, today said the Malkangiri district administration and the Health department […]

Jajpur/Bhubaneswar: A two-member team from National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which was scheduled to visit Nagada village where 19 children died of malnutrition in the last three months, had to return midway due to inclement weather and inaccessible road today. The team returned to Bhubaneswar after visiting some slums at Ashokjhar and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central fact-finding team which visited the tribal dominated Nagada village in Jajpur district on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the initiatives taken by the State government after death of 19 infants in the village due to malnutrition. After reaching the nondescript village on the hilltop, the five-member team interacted with the residents and enquired […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising serious concern over the spread of dengue in the state, Union minister of state for Health Faggan Singh Kulaste has said a Central team will visit the affected areas of the state to review the situation soon. Kulaste, who arrived in Bhubaneswar yesterday to attend the fourth foundation day of AIIMS scheduled to […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: The repair of Srimandir Jagamohan will start in a week, chief secretary AP Padhi said after a meeting with the central team, which inspected the condition of the Jagamohan today. The repair work will be done as per the advice of the experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, IIT, Bhubaneswar and NIT, […]

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday assured all support to the Kerala government and sent a Central team to check the outbreak of the Nipah virus (NiV) that has taken three lives while eight patients are under intensive care. “We are closely monitoring the situation. I have also dispatched a Central team to assist […]

Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the death of tiger Mahavir in the core area of the Satkosia Tiger Reserve, the preliminary investigation by a two-member Central team has reportedly revealed that the big cat died after falling into a snare set by poachers for wild animals, sources said. The finding is contrary to the […]

Union Minister Pratap Sarangi today came down heavily on Odisha government for allegedly sitting silent after evacuating people during cyclone ‘Yaas’ that had hit the coast in north Odisha on May 26 leaving a trail of destruction.