Tag: Ganjam

Berhampur: Apart from the COVID-19 positive cases, which are increasing at an alarming rate, a number of frontline workers including teachers in Ganjam district have fallen to the coronavirus. As per reports, 11 teachers in the district have died of COVID-19 so far which has now emerged as a major concern. What is more surprising […]

Bhubaneswar: While the national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is progressively declining, the Centre’s focus is now on 13 districts concentrated in eight States and Union Territories with a high caseload and CFR higher than the national average. Ganjam district in Odisha is among these 13 districts which account for about 14 per cent of the […]

Berhampur: Around 700 people who recovered from COVID-19 in Ganjam district have come forward to assist the administration in persuading symptomatic people to go for testing and also helping them with counselling to draw out the anxieties related to novel-Coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. Ganjam considered the COVID hotspot in the state has reported over […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Ganjam district is showing signs of flattening the curve of coronavirus infection, Khordha district- now leading in the active caseload, is witnessing an uptrend. RMRC director Sanghamitra Pati today said that the curve looks to have touched the peak in Khordha and the phase might continue for some time. The […]

Berhampur: Ganjam district, which had turned into a COVID-19 hotspot in Odisha, is now showing signs of flattening the curve. Nearly 85 % of rural pockets are now in green zone, informed district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange on Friday. Addressing a presser, the Ganjam Collector informed that due to the cumulative efforts there has been […]

Berhampur: In a bid to strengthen the fight against Coronavirus, Ganjam district administration commenced a health checkup drive in the district for the COVID-19 patients who have already recovered from the disease. As per reports, the re-test drive includes ASHA workers, ANMs and Ayush Doctors. As many as 40 teams of Berhampur Municipal Corporation will […]

Bhubaneswar: In an all-out effort against the Covid-19 infection, the Ganjam district administration has launched ‘zero active case’ mission. District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange said the aim of the mission is to reduce the spread of new infection. He said a whopping 9,000 to 10,000 samples are being tested on a daily basis in the […]

Berhampur: Two youths from Ganjam district have reportedly fallen prey to online job fraudsters amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As per reports, both the job aspirants lost Rs 2 lakh to the fraudsters who had promised them jobs at the Airport Authority of India (AAI). One of the complainants, Gupteswar Pradhan informed that he received a […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration on Tuesday clamped strict restrictions as part of its strategy to contain the spread of Covid-19. As per a notification, all religious institutions in the…

Bhubaneswar: The recent unrest over illegal sand mining, subsequent public agitation and police lathi-charge on protestors in Hinjili speaks volumes about the rampant misuse of natural resources in Odisha. A day after the unrest in Ganjam district’s Kolidaspur village, Purushottampur and Hinjili revenue officials conducted a joint inspection on Monday. The move came after massive […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration on Monday prohibited the general darshan of Maa Budhi Thakurani in Bada Bazaar area, the temporary abode of the goddess, after two priests were tested…

Ganjam: Lives of innumerable people have gone topsy-turvy ever since the entire country went under lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak in March. Many lost their breadwinning jobs, while others were forced to take up new means for survival. Once aiming to make a name for Odias in Bollywood, Sauling Padhiali of P […]

Berhampur: The district authorities of Ganjam on Sunday announced to arrange buses to carry students to their examination centres for the JEE- Mains exam. The move comes a day after Odisha government declared to ensure hassle-free movement and accommodation facilities to candidates during the exams. As per a tweet by the district administration, buses will […]

Berhampur: At least seven persons were killed after a bus carrying labourers from Ganjam collided with a truck head-on near Cherikhedi in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. As per reports, the bus carrying the labourers was en-route to Surat from Ganjam district when the mishap occurred. Over 20 labourers were travelling in the bus, said sources. Meanwhile, […]

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated a railway over bridge (ROB) here and also laid the foundation stone for a Cooperative Ginning Mill at Digapahandi in Ganjam district. Patnaik inaugurated the 700-meter long ROB through a video conference. The ROB is constructed to make easy traffic conjunction in the area with an […]