Tag: Damanjodi

These visuals are from a fake gutkha manufacturing unit at Damanjodi road in Koraput. Semiliguda Police seized fake gutkha worth over Rs 50 Lakh from the unit.

Bhubaneswar: As many as 15 wagons of a goods train carrying alumina powder were derailed at the Damanjodi station in Koraput today following which train movement was affected on the Koraput-Rayagada route. There was no report of any casualty in the derailment as the goods train was moving in a slow speed, an official of […]

Koraput: With a thick blanket of hailstones spreading over several parts of Damanjodi in Koraput district, people in the southern belt experienced a Kashmir-like climate on Wednesday. The afternoon sprung up a surprise for the heat struck locals when Nor’wester rains accompanied with wind and hailstorm left behind a trail of ice chunks in the […]

Koraput: Fear gripped people in Nalco’s  township at Damanjodi in Koraput district after some of them claimed to have seen a tiger moving in the Sector-3 area in the last couple of days. Locals allege that the visuals of the animal roaming near the human settlement has also been captured in CCTV cameras installed by […]

Koraput: The Koraput district administration imposed Section-144 in Damanjodi area following protests by villagers of Ambogaon over construction of a boundary wall by Nalco. The administration has also deployed four platoons of police force in the area to avoid any untoward incident. Sources said the locals have been protesting construction of the boundary wall by […]

Damanjodi: In a surprising turn of events, students of Damanjodi Delhi Public School (DPS) have come out in support of the teachers, who have been charged with sexual harassment of girl students. Students of the school have launched a dharna and demanded the transfer of the school principal. Notably, separate police complaints were filed by […]

Separate police complaints were filed by the Principal of Delhi Public School (DPS), Damanjodi, and the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), Koraput against seven teachers of the school on charges of sexual harassment of girl students

Bhubaneswar: Industries must come forward to invest in skill and innovative ideas for employment generation and growth in economy, says Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand. Seventeen per cent of India’s GDP depends on agriculture, 26 per cent on industry and 57 per cent on the service sector, he said. “But to strengthen other sectors, industries […]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 (PTI) National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has decided to install solar electrification systems in 163 periphery villages in tribal dominated Damanjodi sector of Odisha’s Koraput district, where the company’s Mines & Refinery Complex is located. The Rs 9-crore project would be executed through Nalco Foundation, the CSR arm of the company. The Foundation […]

Koraput: Railway services were affected in Koraput today after locals staged a protest over the death of a youth in Damanjodi area. Following the agitation, the trains–Koraput-Visakhapatnam DMU and Samaleswari Express were halted at Dumuriput and Koraput respectively. As per reports, the locals staged a protest demanding compensation for the kin of the youth whose […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a Crusher and Conveyor System to be readied with an investment of Rs 483 crore at aluminium major NALCOs Mining & Refinery (M&R) Complex in Damanjodi. The system will cater to feed bauxite for the 5th stream of Alumina Refinery […]

Jeypore: Tension erupted at National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) at Damanjodi here in Koraput district following a scuffle between Police and NALCO oustees who were on dharna for last four days demanding jobs. Police hurled tear gas shell as the protesters reportedly pelted stones at the security personnel. One police personnel sustained injuries while a […]