Tag: Bissamcuttack

Rayagada: Thousands of farmers in three panchayats under Bissamcuttack block of the district are left in lurch after a portion of a canal built for irrigating their agricultural land collapsed following heavy rain over the past few days. As per reports, the canal near Malisipur village here was built last month to supply water to […]

Rayagada: Irregularities in allocation of funds for housing scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) have been alleged in Borikhal village under Bissamcuttack block in Rayagada district. As per reports, the district administration had issued a work order in the name of one Rajendra Hiala, but PMAY funds were handed over to another resident […]

Rayagada: Vehicular traffic was disrupted and shops remained closed in Muniguda due to a 12-hr bandh observed by the Muniguda Development Council demanding revenue sub-division status to the area. Members of the development council blocked roads by placing tyres, thereby affecting vehicular traffic to Kalahandi, Rayagada, Ambadola, Biswanathpur and Gunupur. They also sought for a […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today launched a mobile science laboratory scheme for five backward blocks of southern Odisha to take applied science at the doorsteps of the students. “This initiative has been started by the state government in collaboration with TCS foundation and Tata Trusts,” Chief Secretary A P Padhi flagging off the mobile school and […]

Rayagada: At a time when the entire government machinery is focussed on battling the COVID-19 ordeal gripping the State, cases of rise in dengue has now evolved as a new challenge. As many as 61 people have been identified positive for dengue pilling up more worries for the administration in Rayagada district. According to sources, […]