Koraput district is in the southern part of Odisha bordering to Andhra Pradesh .It is a home to many primitive tribes .Located in the Eastern Ghats Covered with thick forests and dotted by pristine waterfalls and deep valleys, Koraput, in Odisha, is a natural retreat with a languid pace of life. The region also has rich mineral deposits; including aluminum ore, manganese, and limestone. The Engine division and Sukhoi division of the aircraft manufacturing company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a public sector undertaking of Ministry of Defence is in Sunabeda of Koraput district. The Gupteshwar limestone cave temple on Ramgiri Hill and the Duduma and Bagra waterfalls are nearby add more importance to the district. The area was under the Chola kings in the 10th and 11th centuries.
A purported video of money being paid to people has also surfaced. The programme was held at a government upper primary school at Jeypore.
The sleuths of the Odisha Vigilance Department on Tuesday arrested the Revenue Inspector (RI) and a peon of Lamtaput RI office under Macchkund tehsil in Koraput district for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for land demarcation.
Police on Monday arrested a person for smuggling ganja by wrapping the contraband item around his body with duct tape at Nandapur in Koraput. He had strapped seven kilograms of ganja around his chest.
Such an incident stands in sharp contrast with the government’s announcement to deliver pensions at the doorsteps of the elderly and physically challenged beneficiaries.
Temperature in some parts of Kandhamal, Sundargarh and Koraput districts in particular have begun to plummet further.
The Congress MLA was visibly upset and threatened some people not to irritate him. “Don’t try to challenge me."If I want then I can make the scheme a failure,” he shouted.
Incessant rain which began on Tuesday night and continued till Thursday morning, caused a landslide at Bariput under Koraput’s Narayanpatna block on Wednesday night.
Speaking in the zero hour, the Congress MP from Koraput alleged non-cooperation and harassment by the papermill management. He alleged the company is not complying with all the relevant labour laws withholding the salaries and retirement benefits, insurance money and PF money of the employees.
As per reports, Benudhar and his family had taken the body of his father Laxman to the funeral ground following his death due to illness. However, during the last rites, a big branch of a tree fell on Benudhar’s head owing to incessant rains from last night.
The IIC was detained near Jeypore on Monday night while he was returning home in Cuttack in a private bus. At that time, cash worth Rs 2.70 lakh was seized from his possession. During subsequent searches at three locations, the remaining amount was recovered.
Cash of Rs 25 lakh was recovered from his government quarters at Buxi Bazar in Cuttack on Tuesday morning. On Monday, Rs 7.5 lakh was recovered from him. With the fresh recovery, the total cash seizure from his possession reached Rs 32.5 lakh.
The police official failed to clarify about the cash. The IIC was detained. An investigation into the matter has been started.
The students of the Central University of Odisha in Koraput district staged a protest on Thursday seeking the fulfillment of various demands.
Fund to the tune of Rs 11 crore was sanctioned for the project which was proposed to come up over six acres of land. The construction work started in 2017 while a deadline was set to complete it in 2019.
The first incident was reported from Koraput where three persons were killed and another was injured after the car, they were travelling in plunged into a gorge on Sunki Ghat near Jodimadeli under Pottangi police limits on early Wednesday morning.
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