News from Sundargarh

Sundargarh district occupies a prominent position in the mineral map of Odisha and is rich in iron ore, limestone, and manganese. True to its name, this beautiful District of Sundargarh with about 43 percent of its total area under forest cover and numerous colorful tribes dotting its landscape and with abundant mining potential is bounded by Ranchi District of Jharkhand on the North; Raigarh District of Chhatisgarh on the west .Sundargarh is recognized as an industrial district of Odisha. Steel Plant, Fertilizer Plant, Cement factory, Ferro Vanadium Plant, Machine building factory, Glass and china clay factory and Spinning mills are some of the major industries of this District. The Steel Plant of Rourkela in this District has the first government sector plant built with foreign collaboration and was the first in India to use LD oxygen technology.

Concrete Fallen From Roof Of 5T School
Close shave for students as concrete falls off roof in 5T school

As per reports, the school was transformed just eight months back under the 5T initiative of the Odisha government. However, it is alleged that the contractor and officials resorted to corruption as indicated by the falling concrete from the roof.

Prashant Rout Brought To Vigilance Court In Sundargarh
Former Addl Sub-Collector Prashant Rout sent to jail after remand ends

As per reports, the Vigilance team has unearthed more assets disproportionate to Rout’s known sources of income. The Vigilance has reportedly found six benami bank accounts, deposits of Rs 1.2 crore, and two benami plots in Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar.

Bride Who Called Off Marriage On Mandap
Bride calls off wedding over groom’s ‘no mutton no marriage’ demand on mandap

The bizarre incident was reported from the bride's house located in Dhama area of Sambalpur district. The groom is a native of Sambalpur.

Arrested Rural Works Asst Engineer
Odisha Asst Engineer arrested in disproportionate assets case

As per the Vigilance, Behera has been forwarded to the court of the Special Judge, Vigilance in Sundargarh for possession of disproportionate assets, which he could not account for satisfactorily.

Vigilance sleuths raid on assistant engineer’s properties in DA case 
Vigilance sleuths raid on assistant engineer’s properties in DA case 

The raids on the assistant engineer’s properties were conducted on the strength of the search warrants issued by the Special Judge of Sundargarh Vigilance Department.

Heatwaves can turn fatal for kids, pregnant women, elderly
Heatwave alert: Sultry days in Odisha from today as mercury to hit 45 deg in these districts, yellow warning issued

Taking the rise in temperature into consideration, the MeT office has issued yellow warning for heatwave for Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Sonepur districts today.

Dumper Truck Overturns After Running Over Three
Thief, two pursuers run over by dumper truck in Sundargarh

Three persons including a suspected thief and two employees of a road construction company died after getting hit by a dumper truck on Monday night near Bileimundia under Sundargarh’s Hemagiri police limits.

34 girl students fall ill after consuming 'pakhala;' hospitalized; heat wave and contamination blamed 
34 girl students fall ill after consuming 'pakhala;' hospitalized; heat wave and contamination blamed 

The girls first complained of stomach pain. Later, they had bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea. The school authorities immediately shifted the students in an ambulance to K Balang government hospital.

Koida BDO
Koida BDO Pallabi Rani Raj transferred to Sambalpur amid allegations of misutilisation of funds

A few days back, the OAS officer had filed a police complaint against her father Ramesh Chandra and brother Sangram Kumar alleging assault.

Goat trader shot dead by bike-borne miscreants, Rs 9 lakh looted in Odisha 
Goat trader shot dead by bike-borne miscreants, Rs 9 lakh looted in Odisha 

The miscreants riding on a numberless bike fled the spot after snatching Rs 9 lakh from the trio. 

Bonai Forest dept office
Odisha sees two elephant deaths due to electrocution in 24 hours

While a female jumbo died at Ulusura reserve forest under Jarada range in Sundargarh district, another tusker succumbed after coming in contact with a live wire fence laid for poaching wild boar in Binika, earlier on Tuesday.

2 dead, 4 critical as poclain crashes into SUV in Sundargarh coal mine
2 dead, 4 critical as poclain crashes into SUV in Sundargarh coal mine

The deceased have been identified as Jagdish Oram and Umakant Patel. While Oram used to work as a shift-in-charge, Patel was a machine operator in the mines.

Job Fraud
Job fraud: Scamsters dupe aspirants by promising jobs in Sundargarh Medical College

As per allegations, several aspirants have fallen prey to the fake job racket in which the scamsters promised them jobs in Sundargarh Government Medical College.

Young BJD leader found hanging in Sundargarh
Young BJD leader found hanging in Sundargarh, suicide over love affairs suspected 

The deceased has been identified as Dhiraj Prasad. He was the Sundargarh town president of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

Koida BDO
Odisha lady BDO accuses father and brother of assault, files police complaint

In her complaint, the BDO alleged that her father and brother entered her official residence and thrashed her and an assistant engineer.

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