News from Bhardak

Demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased, the aggrieved people staged a blockade on the road connecting places such as G.Udaygiri, Tikabali, Raikia and Sarangad from Paburia by keeping the dead body of the deceased.

As if the devastation caused to the paddy and vegetable crops by cyclone ‘Jawad’ induced heavy rain was not enough, the recent two-day-long downpour triggered by a trap-line has dealt a severe blow to the farmers in the State. 

A Class-IV employee of the Works department in Balasore was caught red handed by the Vigilance sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh on Friday.  He was subsequently put under arrest.

Farmers are going to bear the brunt of approaching cyclone Jawad as they are yet to shift their harvested paddy to safety.

Earlier on November 26, six miscreants on two motorcycles came to the ATM near the Laxmi Narayan temple in Charampa area and threatened the employees of a cash agency while they were busy in loading cash in the kiosk. They later filled a bag with the notes and fled the spot with around Rs 29 lakh on their motorbikes. 

The State Government had identified the Government Girls High School at Basudevpur as the nodal centre to store the sanitary pads from where it was scheduled to be distributed across 165 schools and seven high schools of the block. However, the sanitary pads have been lying undistributed at the nodal centre over the last one year.

The Bhadrak police have obtained the CCTV footage and launched a hunt for the robbers whose identification process is on

'The government should look into the matter so that these people in their old age won't suffer at least by banks'

Due to old age issues, the print of her thumb has mostly lost its sharpness making her unable to obtain an Aadhaar Card. However, since Aadhaar Card linking with the ration card is mandatory as per protocols, she is unable to obtain her share of the ration. 

The information given by the office of Kendrapara collector in response to an RTI application stated that land acquisition for the mega drinking water project on Kharasrota River has not been carried out yet.

As per reports, three police personnel, including the Inspector-in-charge of Bhadrak Rural Police Station, have also sustained injuries in the encounter. They are stated to be stable.

The prevalence of ‘Chakada’ worms, also known as Brown Plant Hoppers have assumed alarming proportions in acres of land in Banta and Balasore blocks of the district

The arrested accused identified as Karunakar Rout from Belada village and Kishan Nayak from Badhagadia village in the district have been forwarded to the Court

Mursid’s success despite poverty and hardships is nevertheless a huge inspiration for other students residing in this humble neighbourhood

The Bhadrak police on Tuesday had again seized over 1kg brown sugar having a market value of Rs 1.3 cr. The police have arrested two persons in the matter.