The District is located in the western part of Odisha. The plains of Naupada subdivision fringed by rugged hill ranges stretch southward, which belong to the main line of the Eastern Ghats and contains extensive plateaus of about 4000 ft (1200 m) in elevation with long tropical grass grown over them. They contain mineral deposits such as laterite, graphite and bauxite. The hill sides rising up precipitously from the plains are covered with dense sal forests. Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary has an excellent bio-diversity and a unique eco-system in Nuapada district.
Majhi, the Forester of Sinapali Forest Range in Nuapada district, is revered as a messiah by the locals because he resolved their water woes that no administrative mechanism could do for them even after repeated requests spanning over decades.
While the identities of the deceased and the injured persons are yet to be ascertained, the woman is believed to be the mother of the child.
During a search operation conducted by a scientific team, four tiffin bombs and other explosives were recovered near Patadhara forest in Nuapada district.
After receiving information, police reached the spot and collected the bodies for autopsy.
Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush at Patadhara reserve forest under Nuapada's Boden block on Tuesday. Seven other CRPF personnel were also injured in the attack.
As per IMD, the southwest monsoon further advanced into remaining parts of Odisha today covering the entire state. Already several parts of the State have started experiencing rainfall activities for past 24 hours.
The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.
Around 18 passengers sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck near Meherpada at Barpali in Bargarh district
As per IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, the southwest monsoon has entered through South Odisha today. While it has fully covered the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, and Nabarangpur, it has partially touched parts of Nuapada, Kalahandi and Rayagada districts.
The arrival of monsoon is certainly a positive sign as it will be crucial for agriculture. As per IMD, some parts of southern Odisha experienced rainfall activities today.
IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar has predicted thunderstorm activities in several parts of the State till June 17.
According to IMD, this year for the first time, Bolangir and Titlagarh are the two cities that crossed 45 degrees Celsius mark on Thursday with the temperatures climbing to 45.3 and 45.2 degrees respectively.
While two persons died due to suffocation, two others were rescued in a critical condition from the spot and later admitted to a nearby hospital
As many as six persons, including a child and a woman, were killed after a car in which they were travelling in lost control and hit a road-side tree near Sunsunia on Nuapara-Bargarh road in the afternoon on Monday afternoon.
As seen in the video, several groups of labourers, including male and female, are narrating their plight. One elderly woman said that they are made to undergo inhuman torture and not even getting food or water. Several children were also seen in the video.
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