News from Gajapati

Gajapati District has been named after Maharaja Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo, the Ex–Raja Sahib of Paralakhemundi estate (the 1st Prime Minister of Odisha State), who is remembered for his contribution in formation of a separate Odisha province and inclusion of Paralakhemundi estate in Odisha. This district has famous for the Buddhist temple, the highest in South Asia at Chandragiri. Tibetan refugees’ settlement at Chandragiri is another place for the tourist to visit.

Panchayat Polls: Villagers Vent Ire On Election Officer Over 'Faulty Voter List' In Odisha’s Gajapat
Panchayat Polls: Villagers Vent Ire On Election Officer Over 'Faulty Voter List' In Odisha’s Gajapati

After not receiving any satisfactory answers from the Election Officer, the villagers locked up him before staging a demonstration,

Pregnant Woman
Odisha Sees Another Childbirth On Roads: Mobile Network Down In Gajapati, 108 Dial Failed

Jhunu  Jani belonging to Jamdul village under R Udayagiri block in Gajapati district experienced labour pain in the morning. Immediately, her family members along with Asha Karmi Gayatri Jani dialled 108 for an ambulance service. But their efforts went in vain as due to poor mobile network, the calls failed

Villagers in Odisha’s Gajapati Wait For Bridge For Decades Amid Mounting Sufferings
Villagers in Odisha’s Gajapati Wait For Bridge For Decades Amid Mounting Sufferings

In the absence of a proper concrete bridge, the villagers are forced to risk their lives daily while crossing the Ghodahada river on the rickety bamboo structure.

Omicron Case In Andhra Pradesh: Gajapati Dist Admin Steps Up Vigil Expecting Mass Arrivals
Omicron Case In Andhra Pradesh: Gajapati Dist Admin Steps Up Vigil Expecting Mass Arrivals

It is expected that a large number of people working in Andhra Pradesh will return to Gajapati district this month due to the Omicron scare.

Cyclone Jawad
Cyclone Jawad: Depression To Intensify Into Cyclonic Storm Today

Red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls (more than 20 cm) has been issued for Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur on December 4.

Cyclone Update: Low Pressure Becomes Well Marked; IMD Predicts Cyclonic Storm In 24 Hours
Cyclone Update: Low Pressure Becomes Well Marked; IMD Predicts Cyclonic Storm In 24 Hours

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that after the formation of a Depression, the system will intensify into a ‘Cyclonic Storm’ over Central Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 24 hours.

Cyclone Alert: Low-Pressure Over Central Andaman Sea To Turn Depression Tomorrow
Cyclone Alert: Low-Pressure Over Central Andaman Sea To Turn Depression Tomorrow

The low-pressure system formed over the Central Andaman Sea has been active and will intensify into Depression by tomorrow while moving in the West-Southwest direction, informed the Bhubaneswar Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Cyclonic Storm Over BoB; IMD Issues Oranges Warning For Heavy Rainfall In Odisha
Cyclonic Storm Over BoB: IMD Issues Orange Warning For Heavy Rainfall In Odisha

As per the IMD, a low pressure area lies over South Thailand and neighbourhood and it is likely to emerge into Andaman Sea in the next 12 hours.

Cyclone Threat To Odisha - Farmers In Gajapati Sell Paddy To Andhra At Low Price
Cyclone Threat To Odisha - Farmers In Gajapati Sell Paddy To Andhra At Low Price

As per reports, in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, tons of paddy were transported to Andhra Pradesh for sell while middlemen made hay.

Farmer Harvesting Half-Ripen Crop
Cyclone Threat To Odisha Worries Farmers Of A Bleak Harvest

With a low pressure brewing up in South Andaman Sea stroking fears of a cyclone for Odisha, the farmers of the State, particularly from the South and coastal belts are losing sleep for fear of suffering losses just before the harvesting period.

Low Pressure On Nov 30, Depression In Next 48 Hrs: Yellow Warning For Odisha Districts
Low Pressure On Nov 30, Depression In Next 48 Hrs: Yellow Warning For Odisha Districts

As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system is likely to move west-north-westwards and concentrate into a Depression over Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal during subsequent 48 hours.

Battery Bicycle
Botany Lecturer In Odisha’s Gajapati Designs Low Cost Battery Bicycle

The continuous surge in the fuel prices and level of pollution prompted Manas Ranjan Panigrahi to design a battery-powered low-cost bicycle

Mamita Murder Case
Mamita Murder Case: BJP Shuts Down Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Demands Removal Of Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra

Similarly in Jharsuguda, business establishments, government and private offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed while vehicular movement came to a grinding halt as the saffron party observed 8-hour, from 6 am to 2 pm, bandh across the district.

Gajapati Bandh
Mamita Murder: BJP Calls Gajapati Bandh On Nov 6 Demanding Ouster Of Odisha Home Minister

The saffron party leader also urged the people of Gajapati to extend their wholehearted support to the bandh to make it successful across the district

Wood smuggling
Four Odisha Cops Caught ‘Smuggling’ Teakwood In Police Van At Paralakhemundi

During searches, they found around 100 teakwood logs in the van. With no documents to support the source or ownership of the wood, the accused were detained for questioning.

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