News from Koraput

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday informed that the maximum temperature is very likely to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius during the next two days.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is all set to visit Phatusineri in Kotia Panchayat and meet the people there. Thereafter, he will celebrate Utkal Dibasa at Kotia.

Though they have repaid their loans, they are shown as debtors in the official documents. This indicates that some others have taken loans in their names through manipulation. 

In absence of a bridge, the villagers find it difficult to shift a serious patient or a pregnant woman to hospital as ambulance can’t reach their village. 

While writing, the student fainted. Following the first aid, he was rushed to a nearby hospital. However, doctors declared him brought dead.

These days, the three children are lapping up praises from all quarters for leaving no stone unturned to fulfill their father’s dream. 

Meanwhile, the Nabarangpur Kendu Leaf Department has been directed to conduct further probe into the involvement of more officials in this connection.

The forest ranger of Lamtaput in southern Koraput district, Surjit Sahu was caught by the vigilance with accounted cash hours after he was elevated to the post of assistant conservator of forests (ACF) on Monday.

The epicentre of the earthquake was located 129 kilometre east of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. However, no causality or damage was reported in the quake.

Lamataput block residents are not alone in their predicament. Such complaints of being provided with rice mixed with plastic rice are pouring in from different parts of Odisha, including Balasore and Sundargarh districts. 

The Sarpanch has been identified as Lakhmi Miniyaka from Gotiputa Gram Panchayat under Bandhugaon block in the district.

Following the incident, two trains running between Jagdalpur and Vishakhapatnam have been cancelled. 

This time Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister P Rajanna Dora visited Dhulipadar village under the Kotia panchayat in Korput district of Odisha.

With no money, he put his wife’s body on his shoulders and set off on his long journey to his village in Odisha. He had almost covered 33km when a few well-wishers spotted him and alerted the cops.

Nineteen years have passed since the incident and much water has since flowed under the bridge and the situation has changed for the better. The fear of Red Rebels is no longer haunting the residents of villages adjacent to jungles, even in the dead of night.