Tag: Koraput

Koraput: As the Assembly elections in Odisha inches closer, Kolab water project displaced families have decided to boycott the polls as a mark of protest against the government’s apathy in ensuring clean drinking water facilities in the village. As per allegations, neither the district administration nor people’s representative has paid any heed to the repeated […]

Koraput: Twin baby girls, whose mother died after giving birth, were handed over to the Koraput Missionaries of Charity, an orphanage, by the District Child Protection Unit (DPCU) today after no one came forward claiming custody of the newborns. According to sources, on November 23, the twin girls were delivered by a woman on the […]

Koraput: Palpable tension prevailed as several people displaced for Machhakund Hydro Electric Project gheraoed the officer of the project officer in the district over various demands including compensation. It is pertinent to mention that it is almost 75 years that the displaced people are yet provided with compensation. Mostly inhabitants of eight blocks of the […]

Koraput: Palpable tension prevailed at Dashmantpur area in the district after locals staged a unique protest by placing empty vessels on the road alleging drinking water crisis in the area. Vehicular movement came to a grinding halt between Koraput to Dashmantpur on account of the protest. As per reports, a drinking water project was launched […]

Koraput: Lawyers of Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Nabarangpur districts came together and protested in front of sub-collector’s official residence today demanding a permanent bench of Orissa High Court at Jeypore. According to sources, BJD Rajya Sabha MP, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik has pledged his support to the campaign. Patnaik assured the bar association members to present […]

Koraput: A BSF Jawan caught hold of a Maoist and four of his associates after foiling a dacoity attempt at Ankadali in Koraput district on Saturday. According to police sources, the prime accused has been identified to be a resident of Bichelpada village under Machhakhund police limits while his four associates were identified as Bhim […]

Koraput: MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria today has alleged that anti-socials with the help of some officials of Koraput Municipality and the tehsil office are trying to usurp around 4 acre land belonging to the municipality. Koraput MLA, Sagaria made these allegations in front of the district collector, who reportedly assured that an investigation will be […]

Koraput: For the people living in the vicinity of Kolab reservoir, country boats are the only lifeline. Every day they risk their lives to cross the reservoir in the absence of proper transporting facilities. Nearly, 25,000 to 30,000 people in the cut-off areas in four panchayats have to depend on such country boats to visit […]

Jeypore/Bhubaneswar: Rift in Koraput unit of Congress resurfaced today after senior party leader and Jeypore MLA, Taraprasad Bahinipati alleged that he was not invited by any party member to attend a Yuva Samabesh organised by the party in Boipariguda in the constituency. He said despite having no differences with anyone in the party, he was […]

Jeypore: Two cheques amounting to Rs 6 lakh handed over to the family of a victim in Bariput stone quarry tragedy as compensation have been allegedly bounced due to lack of sufficient funds in the payers account. Family members of Ghanashyam Guru of Deogarh, who was killed in the landslide at a stone quarry in […]

Koraput: A day after OTV telecast a report regarding Andhra Pradesh resuming its meddling in the affairs of Kotia Panchayat of Odisha, the State government today sprung into action and announced its plan to speed up developmental works in the area. A four-member team of the district administration that visited Kotia village today informed that […]

Koraput/Gajapati: Intensifying its battle with the Odisha Government, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Government has reportedly resumed developmental works in the Kotia panchayat of Odisha after a brief lull. However, despite a high-level team of the Odisha Government visiting Kotia cluster of villages and taking stock of the welfare schemes in the region six months ago, not […]

Koraput: Due to acute shortage of trained manpower, the sole Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) at Koraput District is unable to meet the requirements of people of tribal dominated districts of Rayagada, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur. Locals alleged that earlier two employees from Regional Passport Office at Bhubaneswar were posted at the passport office when it was […]

Koraput: Despite tall claims of Odisha government about its efforts to provide basic healthcare facilities to tribals living in remote locations, patients continue to be shifted to hospitals in cots and slings in Koraput district. For the residents of Turli village under Narayanpatna block, such traditional methods are the only source to shift critical patients […]

Rourkela: The  team engaged in rescue operations at the Rourkela Steel Plant today fished out two more bodies from the plant’s discharge tunnel taking the total death toll to four. The retrieved bodies are yet to be identified. As the operation spanned on to the seventh day today, officials of the Rourkela police, Odisha Disaster […]