Medical teams have been deployed in these areas to provide instant service to patients.
Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati demanded compensation of Rs 10 lakh compensation for each victim’s family.
Majhi attributed the spread of the disease to intake of contaminated water and lack of nutritious food.
So far, 96 persons of Rayagada are down with cholera and seven died of it.
A team of the Health department visited the affected villages to take stock of the situation.
Jeypore: A 14-year-old student from Tikiri area under Kashipur block of Koraput district got a new lease of life after hundreds of jelly-like cysts were removed from his stomach through a rare surgery on Tuesday. When the student, Amaresh Sahu complained of stomach ache and developed swelling, his family members admitted him to the Koraput […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the attack on Utkal Bharat president Kharabela Swain in Kashipur of Rayagada district, the BJP and Congress today alleged involvement of the Biju Yuva Vahini behind the attack. The BJP stated that the two attackers – Sumant Naik and Krushna Naik – were members of the Biju Yuva Vahini. General Secretary […]
Rayagada: BJD State vice president and Rajya Sabha member N. Bhaskar Rao today targeted a particular media for ‘publicising’ the attack on former MP Kharabela Swain during a public meeting at Kashipur in Rayagada. Refuting that the accused does not belong to his party, Rao said “I condemn the attack on Swain. In his FIR, […]
Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: That rising intolerance has been creeping into the ruling BJD, has been once again proved with the attack on former MP and Utkal Bharat party chief Kharabela Swain at a public meeting in Kashipur, Rayagada. Swain was abused and manhandled allegedly by some BJD supporters for speaking on growing corruption and mismanagement under the […]
It all sounds so eerily familiar. Three members of a tribal family die in a span of 18 hours after consuming a gruel made of fermented mango kernel in Mainapadar village in Jharigaon block of Nabarangpur district. And within an hour or so of the last of the three deaths, a minister is quick to […]
Rayagada: At least four persons have died of Diarrhoea in the last two days in Khurigaon Panchayat under Kashipur Tehsil of Rayagada district. While two persons died at Jyotiguda Village under the panchayat on Thursday, two more succumbed to the disease in Khurigaon village today. The deceased have been identified as Prasna Khadia, Baisali Khadia […]
Bhubaneswar: Sunanda Jhoria, a tribal youth of Kashipur block in Rayagada district, brought glory for his family as well people of the State by qualifying the UPSC Civil Services 2017 examination. While family members expressed happiness over Sunanda’s achievement, residents in the locality said the youth has brought fame to Kashipur. Sunanda has secured 1064 […]
While four tribals of Jambuguda village under Kashipur block in Rayagada district have died of anthrax after consuming beef within a week, 10 more tribals of the village, suffering from the disease, have been admitted to district headquarters hospital where their condition is stated to be critical, reports said