Rayagada is a district in southern Odisha, which became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Kondhs and the Soras. It is a home to Dangaria Kandhas, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribe Group live in the terrains of Niyamagiri hill ranges in Rayagada and Kalahandi district.
As per sources, the second system may intensify into a depression triggering heavy rainfall. The enhanced rainfall activity may dampen the Independence Day celebrations in the State on August 15.
A low pressure system is likely form over Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal around August 7, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
Medical teams have been deployed in these areas to provide instant service to patients.
Majhi attributed the spread of the disease to intake of contaminated water and lack of nutritious food.
Mishra has directed the health workers to ensure proper food for the tribal children, proper sanitation and awareness in the villages. He said steps are being taken to rehabilitate the tribal students to nutrition rehabilitation centres and also stressed on intake of boiled water.
So far, 96 persons of Rayagada are down with cholera and seven died of it.
Diarrhoea causing bacteria diagnosed as Vibrio Cholera in Rayagada
After witnessing incessant rainfall last week, Odisha is all set to get some relief as no major warning for heavy rainfall has been issued by the India Meteorological Department for the next 2 to 3 days.
The two tourists from Podapadi area under Kashipur block had visited the tourist site but were stuck in the middle of the river after the water-level swelled up due to incessant rainfall.
A team of the Health department visited the affected villages to take stock of the situation.
Though the school has got a new building which was inaugurated in December, school authorities are not using it as it was constructed with low quality materials.
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.
The Railways has started an investigation to ascertain the exact reason behind the incident.
It is alleged that some people were harassing the mother-son duo and pressuring them to pay money that they had lost in betting.
The deceased, identified as Bharat Bidika of Ghantikhal village, was a Class 10 student of a residential school at Kopapadar village.
Notably, two motorcycle-borne miscreants had decamped with 3 kg gold ornaments and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a jeweller outside his shop in Gunupur of Rayagada district on April 26.
Speaking to mediapersons during his visit to Rayagada and Koraput, Tudu said, “The BJD government has never put in any proposal during Central Water Commission (CWC) meeting.
As per initial reports, the owner was opening the shop when the miscreants arrived on a bike and snatched the bag containing the gold ornaments and cash from him.
The IMD has issued a ‘yellow warning’ for thunderstorm and lightning activities in seven districts of Koraput,Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh and Khordha in the next 24 hours.
The incident came to the fore after the family lodged a complaint against the authorities of the DHH at the Rayagada police station.
The deceased couple’s severely injured younger son Srikant Behera and his wife Swapna Behera are still battling for life at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
As per reports, the mishap took place when they were inside the house. A fire broke out and engulfed the house leaving them critically injured.
Some members of the community took away the ballot box from the booth number-14 at Railima village under Sunakhanda panchayat in the district as a mark of protest after they could not exercise their franchise due to missing of their names from the voter list.
The tribal community members said they had been eagerly waiting for the moment when they would ink their left index finger.
Earlier on January 22, the five youths allegedly torched a truck at the road construction site at Budaguda village under Kalyansingpur Police limits of the district.
A total of 2,82,93,841 samples, including 68,239 in the past 24 hours, have been tested in the State so far. The daily Test Positivity Rate (TPR) now stands at 2.30 per cent.
With the Panchayat elections just a handful of days away, campaigning by candidates seems to have reached fever pitch in Odisha.
According to the deceased’s family members, Laxmi, 29, had migrated to Tamil Nadu in search of work in November last year.
The decision in this regard has been taken in a meeting convened by Niyamgiri Pahada Surkhya Samiti under the stewardship of Lad Sika
A teacher reportedly owning assets worth over a whopping Rs 4.73 crore has ended up landing under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance authorities for accumulating the wealth through illegal means.
The Met Centre also issued yellow warning for cold wave conditions over the districts of Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sundargarh and Keonjhar tomorrow.
This is the fourth consecutive day that the State recorded a dip in positive cases from the highs of over 11K plus cases in the ongoing third wave of the pandemic.
Following the detection of new cases, the Rayagada district administration has declared the college's Hostel A and B as micro containment zones and sealed the premises.
The rising cases of deaths and injuries resulting from road accidents have been a major concern in Odisha. The State registered 4,738 fatalities due to road mishaps in 2020. The same year, around 5,000 suffered injuries, State Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera informed at the State level Road Safety Council meeting on Thursday.
Patra fell sick and was admitted to the hospital. However, he breathed his last this morning while under treatment. Everybody was shocked at the untimely demise of the journalist
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that after the formation of a Depression, the system will intensify into a ‘Cyclonic Storm’ over Central Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 24 hours.
With a low pressure brewing up in South Andaman Sea stroking fears of a cyclone for Odisha, the farmers of the State, particularly from the South and coastal belts are losing sleep for fear of suffering losses just before the harvesting period.
As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the system is likely to move west-north-westwards and concentrate into a Depression over Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal during subsequent 48 hours.
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