News from Mayurbhanj

Mayurbhanj district the largest district of Odisha by area of 10,418 km². Mayurbhanj district shares it boundary to Jharkhand and West Bengal. Thick green forests, extensive meadows, twinkling waterfalls, meandering rivers, high peaks – entire diversity of nature is in one place. It was once the hunting place of the Maharaja of Mayurbhanj. Mayurbhanj is best known for Simlipal National Park which is the 7th largest national park in India. It is also considered as one of the main tiger project in India and UNESCO listed Biosphere Reserves. The park is home to Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, gaur, and chausingha. The undulating terrain and its perennial sources of water are the two striking features of the entire area. Even the quality of the forest in the buffer zone at Similipal is superior to most other forests in the country. Mudhi (puffed rice) and Mansa (mutton) combination is a popular food in the district.

Lack of infrastructure affecting quality education in Odisha schools
Lack of infrastructure affecting quality education in Odisha schools

While students are being taught in an unsafe building in Astaranga, shortage of classrooms prompts teachers to teach students from Class I to Class V in a classroom.

Airstrip Odisha
Centre grants working permission for development of Rasagobindapur airstrip in Odisha

The President of India has granted working permission to government of Odisha on defence land admeasuring 160.35 acres at Amarda Road in the district of Mayurbhanj for development of airstrip at Rasgovindpur near Amarda Road in Mayurbhanj district

Office Of Udala RWSS Asst Exec Engineer
Odisha RWSS engineer in vigilance net, raids underway in Bhubaneswar

Simultaneous raids were conducted in eight places linked to Panda including Bhubaneswar, Kendrapara and Udala.

Beating all odds snack seller’s daughter cracks OJS with flying colours
Beating all odds snack seller’s daughter cracks OJS with flying colours

His father with tears rolling down his cheeks said, “All my hard work paid off as she cracked OJS with flying colours.”

President Murmu's Family Priest In Srimandir
Family priest of Droupadi Murmu awaits her Srimandir visit, this time as President of India

If Droupadi Murmu's earlier visits to Srimandir brought joy for Mayurbhanj priests, the upcoming visit bears a special significance as she will be visiting as the President of India.

4 including 3 women die of electrocution in separate mishaps in Odisha
4 including 3 women die of electrocution in separate mishaps in Odisha

A youth of Kaptipada was accidentally electrocuted while he was trying to catch fish by dipping live electric wires in the water. 

IMD's Forecast On Cyclonic Circulation
IMD’s latest update on southwest monsoon withdrawal and cyclonic circulation

The southwest monsoon is likely to further withdraw from remaining parts of Gujarat, some parts of Maharashtra and some parts of east India during subsequent two days.

Man-jumbo conflict: Forester, 10 jumbo chasers held captive in Mayurbhanj village, freed 
Man-jumbo conflict: Forester, 10 jumbo chasers held captive in Mayurbhanj village, freed 

The irate villagers demanded that the jumbos be chased away from their village and suitable compensation for the damaged crops provided  to them. 

Mayurbhanj's tribal communities bind with the best, tie rakhis to trees
Mayurbhanj's tribal communities bind with the best, tie rakhis to trees

In the summer season, people actively participate in clearing dried branches and dead trees from as many as 750 village forests in 21 blocks of the district.

Kudumi community stages 'rail roko' in Mayurbhanj demanding reinclusion in ST list
Kudumi community stages 'rail roko' in Mayurbhanj demanding reinclusion in ST list

The community has been excluded from scheduled tribe list in 1950 and listed under other backward caste (OBC) category.

Rain Forecast
Depression weakens; Low-pressure-triggered rain to intensity in coming days

As per IMD, the system is likely to move nearly northwestwards across Madhya Pradesh during next 48 hours.

Rain forecast for Odisha
Rain to intensify in Odisha from today, IMD issues Yellow Warning

Regional Met Centre of the IMD in Bhubaneswar today said that heavy rainfall will continue to lash one or two places in several districts of Odisha in the next 4 to 5 days.

37 students of Balasore and Mayurbhanj schools fall sick after eating Ganesh Puja prasad
37 students in Balasore, Mayurbhanj fall sick after eating Ganesh prasad

“Inmates had a lot of fun on Ganesh puja. They became tired due to dancing and merrymaking and suffered from fever in the evening. I took them to hospital without delay. All of them are stable now. So I took them back to hostel again," said the hostel warden.

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