News from Nuapada

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.

Summer 2022 Odisha
No respite from heatwave till Sunday, ‘Yellow Warning’ sounded for 7 Odisha districts for today

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. 

Gemstone hunting
Gemstone hunting proves fatal, 2 die in Odisha forest

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

11 Die In Two Separate Road Mishaps In Odisha, 3 More Critical 
11 Die In Two Separate Road Mishaps In Odisha, 3 More Critical 

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.

34 Odia Bonded Labourers Tortured At Brick Kiln In Telangana, Plead For Rescue Through Video
34 Odia Bonded Labourers Tortured At Brick Kiln In Telangana, Plead For Rescue Through Video

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.

Assistant Civil Supplies Officer In Vigilance Net
Odisha Supplies Official Arrested For Amassing Wealth 570 PC More Than Income

Assistant Civil Supplies Officer (ACSO) of Nuapada district, Ratnakar Sethy was arrested on Thursday by the State Vigilance department for allegedly amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Sachin Behera makes it to Guinness Book of World Records
Odisha Medical Student Breaks Pakistani Boxer's Record To Achieve Guinness Records Again

Sachin is currently pursuing his internship at Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital in physiotherapy in the Capital City

65 Bonded Labourers From Odisha's Nuapada Exploited At Brick Kiln In Hyderabad, Another In Captivity
65 Bonded Labourers From Odisha's Nuapada Exploited At Brick Kiln In Hyderabad, Another In Captivity At Raipur

In a similar incident, another video of a labourer from Odisha requesting the Sub-Collector of Redhakhol to rescue him from Raipur in Chhattisgarh has gone viral.

Contrasting Tales: Youth Risks Life To Save Mother While Man Kills Grandmother In Odisha
Contrasting Tales: Youth Risks Life To Save Mother While Man Kills Grandmother In Odisha

In another incident sharply in contrast to the other story, a youth risked his life and jumped into a well to save his mother at Bangalapada in Nuapada district.

CRPF Havildar Shoots Self With AK-47 In Odisha’s Nuapada
CRPF Havildar Shoots Self With AK-47 Rifle In Odisha’s Nuapada

Though no reason has been attributed to the havaldar’s suicide, the Komana Police has launched an investigation into the incident.

Odisha DGP Sunil Bansal
Panchayat Elections: Odisha DGP Sunil Bansal Reviews Poll Preparedness In Nuapada

This was the first visit of Bansal to a Maoist-affected district in the State after taking over the charge as DGP

Unseasonal downpour triggered by western disturbance has hit farmers in Western Odisha hard
Unseasonal downpour triggered by western disturbance has hit farmers in Western Odisha hard

At a time when guarding the paddy is a problem for them, the hailstorm lashing the area for last three days only made the situation worse.

Man Climbs Cell Phone Tower
Odisha: Man Climbs Cell Phone Tower, Threatens Suicide Demanding Tubewell

Demanding more number of tube wells in the village and access to the one at the anganwadi centre, Rana is believed to have climbed atop the tower to spread the word of protest before the administration

 Naxal Camp Busted After Exchange Of Fire In Odisha’s Nuapada
Naxal Camp Busted After Exchange Of Fire In Odisha’s Nuapada

An ‘Anti-Naxal Operation’ was launched at Patdhara Reserve Forest area based on the receipt of credible information on December 14.

Impending Cyclone Triggers ‘Panic Harvest’ Across Odisha
Impending Cyclone Triggers ‘Panic Harvest’ Across Odisha

Under high stress, farmers are wrapping up their work of harvest and dispatch the grains to safer places before the spells of rain begin. 

Bear Intrusion
Watch: Bear Intrusions Into Residential Areas Raise Concern In Odisha Districts

Panic gripped the residents of Gobindapalli in Malkangiri after two wild bears were spotted roaming in the residential areas adjacent to a hospital in the locality.

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