Tag: Malkangiri

As per the allegations by some residents, they don’t have basic amenities in their area like road communication and drinking water facilities. However, no political party is concerned about their ordeal.

Forest fires are also raging in various parts of Similipal sanctuary in Mayurbhanj. As many as 13 forests and some parts under the Talabandh and Dukura ranges have reported fires.

The BJD has fielded Manas Madkami while the BJP has banked on a new face Narasingha Madkami. The Congress has nominated Mala Madhi, who had given a tough fight to the BJP and BJD candidates twice in the past. 

Despite tall claims being made by Odisha government over road connectivity and boosting access to healthcare in rural areas, incidents of pregnant women and patients being carried on cot and in slings still continue to surface.

Jayanti Buruda has brought glory to her district as well as to the state for making it to the 2024 Forbes India W-Power list.

Thousands of refugees are now living in Mahakalpara and Rajnagar areas of Kendrapara. They had intruded into the area in the 1950s to escape from the turmoil of the civil war in Pakistan and as many as 1237 of them settled in Kendrapara.

Based on reliable information about dumps of explosive materials by ultras, the BSF personnel carried out a search operation in the Silakota Reserve Forest of the district.

The airport has been built on 106 acres of land and it can handle small aircraft like the existing airport in Koraput.

The materials were stored in a plastic drum and buried under the ground near Sileru river. The jawans detected the Maoist dump while conducting a combing operation in Bhejangwada jungle.

The jawans of the Special Operations Group (SOG) along with the District Voluntary Forces (DVF) have been carrying out anti-Maoist operations in forests in the Kalimela area.

The districts are Koraput, Malkangiri, Sundargarh and Keonjhar. The SPs of these districts have been advised to tighten security on the border and conduct frequent patrolling in those areas.

Governor Raghubar Das is reportedly collecting complaints galore from people while doing rounds of districts in Odisha. He has also started writing letters to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik about the public grievance

The Governor after visiting Angul the day before came calling to Malkangiri in a helicopter on Wednesday and interacted with patients at Mathili Hospital. He also held a meeting about problems faced by the hospital. 

Sore over the incident, locals held the contractor engaged in the electrification work responsible for such an incident. Had he plugged in the hole, the girl would not have fallen into it, they lamented.

The residents of MV 75 village under Kalimela block in tribal-dominated Malkangiri district are happy because Monica Samaddar, a girl from their area, is acting as a lead actress in a Telugu movie titled ‘Garaga’.