Tag: Kalahandi

Kalahandi: Once again making a mockery of healthcare system in the rural areas, a pregnant woman was carried on cot in Benagaon Gram Panchayat here as ambulance couldn’t reach her due to absence of motorable road. Manjula, a resident of Litibandei village complained of labour pain on Saturday. Soon, the local Asha worker and her […]

Bhawanipatna: A woman undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital, Kalahandi was injured after a cement plaster from the hospital ceiling fell on her on Thursday evening. The woman, Nupur Majhi, a resident of Bhawanipatna was sleeping on bed number 157 when the incident occurred. She sustained minor injuries in the mishap while other patients […]

Bhawanipatna: Locals today blocked Thuamula Rampur- Bhawanipatna road by placing dead body of a bus accident victim demanding compensation for family of the deceased. After the dead body was pulled out from under the bus which overturned yesterday near Balighat, tension erupted and irate locals staged the road blockade. To bring the situation under control, […]

Kalahandi: One person was killed while 30 others had a narrow escape from clutches of death after a bus fell off a bridge near Thuamul Rampur today. Sources said the private bus which was going from Bhawanipatna to Gopinathpur lost control and slipped off a bridge at Balighat. All the injured persons were rescued and […]

Bhawanipatna: In what could possibly bust a major poaching and wildlife racket, the forest department officials have rescued 12 Mountain Quails which are a rare species from a bus in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Monday. Three persons—Chintamani Chatria, the bus owner, driver Punia Majhi and helper Pradip Majhi have also been arrested in connection with […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha cabinet today approved a proposal to give cash incentives to doctors who take up postings at the 4 new medical colleges. With four new colleges coming up in Koraput, Baripada, Balasore and Bolangir, the cabinet has decided to provide the incentives based on KBK (Korapur-Bolangir-Kalahandi) region postings and non-KBK region postings. For professors, […]

Bhawanipatna: A few hand written Maoist posters were found put up on trees at Sindgilipadar, Bimalapadar, Barabandha, Belgaon villages under M.Rampur police station here in Kalahandi district. The posters in the name of Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of CPI (Maoist) urged the people to come forward against police forces. “Protest police action against innocent tribals and […]

Kalahandi: The sorry tale of healthcare system in Odisha yet again came to fore after a pregnant woman had to be carried on a stretcher on a16 km long journey to a hospital in Kalahandi district. The incident was reported from Kansabundel village in Trilochanpur under Lanjigarh block. Sources said the woman who writhed in […]

Sambalpur: Following rise in water level due to incessant rains triggered by low pressure in the upper catchments areas of Mahanadi, the Hirakud dam will release the season’s first flood water on July 23. Official sources said, the gates of the dam would be opened for discharge of flood waters after ceremonial puja at around 10 am, […]

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Bhawanipatna: Situation in flood affected areas of Rayagada, Kalahandi, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts is limping back to normalcy on Wednesday as water receded in most places with relief and restoration on. Vehicular traffic between Malkangiri and Motu was restored as water level on the road decreased after 24 hours. Flood victims have taken shelter at […]

Malkangiri: At a time when incessant rains in several districts of Odisha in the last couple of days has deteriorated the flood situation, a woman reportedly has been fighting for life in an ambulance which remained unmoved in Malkangiri owing to overflowing water. The woman, identified as Rame Padiami of Keriaguda village under Pidia block […]

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Bhawanipatna: The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) today said flood situation is improving even as several villages remain cut off in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts. “Flood situation in Kalahandi is improving. Cooked food is being distributed to the victims taking shelters at schools. Two ODRAF teams have camped in the district to tackle any possible eventuality. […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP has held Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the flood situation in Southern Odisha as the latter is in charge of the Department of Water Resources. State BJP Vice President Sameer Mohanty, in a press meet on Sunday, alleged that absence of any project on prominent five rivers of Odisha – Bansadhara, […]

Bhawanipatna: Heavy downpour across Kalahandi district especially in Thuamul Rampur block has paralysed normal life as road communication to interior areas has been disrupted. Vehicular communication between Junagarh and Dharmagarh, Bhawanipatna, Nabarangpur came to a standstill as water in Hati river has crossed bridge level due to incessant rain in upper catchment and release of […]

Bhawanipatna: After sheep killing in Niali, Cuttack during past few days, cases of sheep death were reported from Moharanapada in Pandigaon under Kalampur block of Kalahandi district today. Villager Suresh Shabara’s sheep was found lying in a field with head torn out of the body. Besides, another sheep out of 13 is missing. The sheep […]