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  • Guddu Muslim in Odisha: Guddu Muslim is hiding in Odisha! UP police reached for arrest, doing this work

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police confirmed that the Special Task Force (UP STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police had simply these days visited the state in quest of Guddu Muslim, an aide of mafia Atiq Ahmed. Odisha Director General of Police Sunil Okay Bansal talked about the UP STF employees had come to Bargarh after receiving particulars about sharp-shooter Guddu Muslim’s driver reaching Bargarh to satisfy anyone and allegedly staying there for only a few days.

    After a gathering with ADG (Law and Order) and completely different senior regulation enforcement officers, the DGP suggested reporters that they (UP STF) interrogated a person proper right here and Odisha Police provided assist as per protocol. The employees did not inform us one thing in regards to the investigation. The DGP, nonetheless, clarified that the UP Police has not arrested anyone inside the state.

    ‘Sister-in-law has talked about that solely MPs are alive, rest all are alive’, give 20 lakhs or else… Hinduist chief threatened

    As per experiences, Guddu Muslim’s driver had stayed at Bhatli metropolis in Odisha’s Bargarh district after killing mafia Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj.

    Now the look for Guddu Muslim is in full swing…the mastermind of the Umesh Pal murder case will most likely be revealed

    Bargarh SP Prahlad Sahay Meena had moreover confirmed the arrival of a five-member UP STF employees inside the state on April 18. He suggested that the employees stopped at Bargarh and interrogated a person. The employees suggested us about their journey. She returned to Uttar Pradesh.

  • Road Accident News: Civil engineer going to Odisha by bike dies in highway accident in Banda, deceased is a resident of Lucknow

    Jitesh Verma, 31-year-old son of Lucknow resident Rakesh Verma, was going to Odisha by bike. An unidentified car hit his bike forcefully close to Khurhand of Girwan police station space.

  • Odisha News: Konark’s well-known Sun temple opened for devotees, remained closed for 100 days

    BhubaneswarThe Konark Sun Temple in Puri district of Odisha was opened for public on Monday. The temple was closed for greater than 100 days as a result of lethal second wave of corona virus. To come to this historic heritage of the thirteenth century, folks must bear a thermal check and it’s obligatory to put on a masks. As per the rules, solely two thousand individuals are allowed to go to the temple in a day. As per the provisions, folks must e-book tickets on-line and scan the identical with cellphones on the primary entrance. Local guides, photographers and so forth. are usually not allowed to enter the temple premises. The state authorities had requested for its unlock course of in August that district administrations might permit opening of non secular locations and vacationer areas in view of the pandemic state of affairs on the native degree. Decision to open Jagannath Temple On 4th August, aside from this, the federal government had allowed folks to go to the seashores of Puri, Chandipur in Balasore and Chandrabhaga in Konark. Sources mentioned that the district administration gave permission to open particular temples from August 3. At the identical time, the choice relating to the opening of the world well-known Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri can be taken on August 4. .

  • Puri first Indian metropolis to attain 24/7 high quality consuming water provide: Odisha govt

    Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the ‘Drink From Tap’ mission in Puri, making it “the first city in India” to attain 24/7 high quality consuming water provide, an official stated.
    The initiative to offer water provide adhering to “Quality Standards of IS 10500” will profit the town’s 2.5- lakh inhabitants and a couple of crore vacationers who go to the holy place yearly, he stated.
    Inaugurating the mission by way of video convention, Patnaik stated offering drink-from-tap high quality water to each family was a transformative challenge and a step within the path of constructing Puri a world-class heritage metropolis.
    “Puri residents, tourists and pilgrims can now drink water from taps across the city, be it at home or across the drinking water fountains. It has been my dream to provide piped water to every household in Odisha and this is now turning into a reality,” he stated.

    Pilgrims may have entry to 120 consuming water fountains arrange by the state all alongside the Grand Road and different hotspots, an official launch stated.
    Provision of secure consuming water will assist forestall using three crore plastic bottles, eliminating 400 metric tonnes of plastic waste and lowering the state’s carbon footprint, it stated.
    The initiative is ready to offer consuming water to each family in Odisha throughout all 114 city native our bodies, with an inclusive mandate protecting all slum households, the discharge stated.
    “Puri has become the first city in India to implement the state-of-the-art technology, which allows people to drink directly from the tap quality 24/7 water,” the assertion stated.
    Apart from Puri, the mission can also be on its technique to success in 16 different cities protecting a inhabitants of 40 lakh, it stated.
    The state authorities is making certain stringent high quality management by way of technology-based, real-time surveillance.
    There might be a fast response crew, comprising cellular crews arrange for immediate redressal of leakages, high quality of water, stress provide and different points, the discharge stated.
    “Real-time water quality will be displayed at public places by way of LCD screens to ensure public confidence and a mass shift from bottled water to tap water,” it added.
    Officials stated underprivileged ladies from self-help teams who’re designated as ‘Jalsaathis’ have been employed and educated for meter studying, income assortment, conducting discipline water high quality exams and sensitising individuals.
     
     

  • Odisha flags vaccine scarcity, urges for pressing provide

    With COVID-19 circumstances but to subside within the state, Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on Monday flagged vaccine scarcity within the state and requested the Centre for pressing provide of extra 6 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine to the state to handle vaccination periods.
    In a letter addressed to Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Das stated that the current inventory of vaccines will run out by Tuesday making it troublesome for Odisha to hold out additional vaccination periods from Wednesday.
    “As per allocation for June (2nd fortnight), Odisha received 13,78,310 doses of Covishield vaccine which has been distributed to all districts. As of today, Odisha has a stock of 3.38 lakh doses of Covishleld, which will be utilised within two days. From Tuesday onwards there will be stock out of Covishield in the State and conduct of vaccination session will not be possible in the state after that,” the letter acknowledged.

    Das in his letter additionally talked about that since sixteenth January 2021, Odisha has administered 1.14 crore doses of vaccines to residents and maintained a unfavourable wastage of three% with a saving of two.9 lakh doses. Since the change in central coverage on vaccination which was introduced into impact from June 21, Odisha is vaccinating a median of three lakh residents per day. Odisha at current has the capability to vaccinate 3.5 lath residents per day.

    “Vaccine pre-positioning should be done in advance, so as to prevent any event of stock-out in the Stale and help plan sessions and mobilize beneficiaries in advance,” Das stated. With the goal in thoughts, Odisha has requested to allocate a further 6 lath doses of Covishield vaccine to Odisha for the month of June.

  • Odisha to offer free training to youngsters orphaned by Covid-19

    Odisha authorities will present free training to all youngsters who misplaced their dad and mom to the Covid-19 pandemic underneath its ‘Green Passage’ scheme — began for extending monetary help to orphaned youngsters within the state for increased training — officers have mentioned.
    “In Odisha, for higher education, there is the ‘Green Passage’ scheme implemented by the state government. However, in the case of Covid-19 orphans, the scheme will be implemented to cover their education cost at all levels including school. If the orphaned kid is studying at any private institution, the government will bear the costs as well,” advisor to ladies and baby improvement division, Sulata Deo, mentioned.
    According to officers, 35 youngsters within the state have misplaced each their dad and mom to the pandemic to this point. Tehsildars in all districts have been requested to submit an in depth report relating to all the youngsters orphaned as a result of pandemic.
    In Nimatpur village of Balasore district, seven-year-old Krishna and her one-and-a-half-month-old brother have been orphaned after their dad and mom succumbed to the virus inside a span of two weeks. Her mom, Smita Panda, labored as a workers nurse at a most cancers hospital whereas her father, Kamalesh, labored at East Coast Railways headquarters. Smita was eight months pregnant when she succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, Krishna and her brother are staying with their paternal uncle.
    On Monday, a 14-month-old boy from Angul district too misplaced each his dad and mom and grandmother to the virus in fast succession. He was shifted to a district baby care establishment.
    Officials mentioned the scheme will cowl the prices of admission, tuition and examination charges of youngsters for varsity and better training, together with technical training, engineering and many others. These youngsters will even be entitled to a pension of Rs 2,000 per thirty days, officers mentioned, including that beneficiaries will likely be given an advance pension for June, July and August.
    The Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti division has additionally issued devoted helpline numbers — 1098, OSCPSR helpline 1800-345-4494 and State Covid helpline 104 — for monitoring youngsters in susceptible conditions. Temporary properties have been created in all 30 districts to maintain the distressed youngsters whose households have been affected by Covid second wave.

  • Covid-19 instances surge in Odisha as testing up after Cyclone Yaas

    AFTER AN preliminary decline within the variety of Covid-19 instances within the state amidst Cyclone Yaas, the numbers surged once more as Odisha ramped up testing. On Sunday, the state reported 9,541 instances and on Monday 8,313 instances have been reported with 35 extra deaths.
    Apart from the six districts that recorded greater than 500 instances, the districts which might be rising as areas of concern embrace Jajpur, Bhadrak, Boudh, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Dhenkanal and Koraput, 4 of them affected by Cyclone Yaas.
    On May 28, the state had examined 48,000 samples, the numbers have elevated to 66,000 at current. Officials mentioned that after evacuees started returning to their houses from shelter houses, new clusters have emerged in these districts.
    However, hundreds of individuals are but to return to their homes as many villages are nonetheless marooned after inundation and heavy rainfall. Over 6 lakh individuals have been evacuated to aid shelters forward of the cyclone.
    In the 4 coastal districts — Bhadrak, Balasore, Jagatsinhpur and Kendrapara — round 25 villages have been declared as containment zones.
    In the previous two days, Balasore has added 754 new instances, Bhadrak has added 581 new instances, Jagatsinhpur has added 579 new instances and Kendrapara has added 445 new instances.

    In Jagatsinhpur, coastal villages of Gadaharispur have been declared a containment zone until June 4.
    Erasama Block Development Officer Kailash Behera mentioned, “Around 32 shelters were identified with a capacity of 1,000 persons in the block. But as the cyclone approached, apart from those whom we evacuated many people left homes and took shelter fearing for the worst. We had over 8000 people in nearly 150 buildings.”

    In the identical block, after the cyclone, 14 individuals, together with the panchayat govt officer and the gram rozgar sevak, who had undertaken the evacuation course of, examined optimistic for Covid-19.
    The Odisha authorities has introduced that each one the evacuees will probably be screened for Covid-19. “We have asked all respective collectors to specifically focus on the cyclone-hit villages. The positivity rate in the state has gone down overall, which is a good sign. But we are on alert in these districts and containment process will also be put in place as and when needed to keep the situation under control,” mentioned PK Mohapatra, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department.

  • As Yaas nears, nightmares of Amphan hang-out evacuees

    Left reeling by the Covid-19 lockdown that price him his job, 44-year-old migrant labourer Panchanan Tudu is nervous about shedding his hut to cyclone Yaas, which is predicted to make landfall south of Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday afternoon. The identical factor had occurred throughout cyclone Amphan final yr. The impending storm has pressured Tudu to hunt refuge in a shelter within the coastal city of Digha in Purba Medinipur district together with his mom, spouse and two kids.
    “Last year, during cyclone Amphan, my hut was completely destroyed. Instead of receiving Rs 20,000 from the Amphan relief fund, I received only Rs 5,000. I had to rebuild the house on my own. If the hut gets ravaged again then I will have no money to rebuild it as there has been no work for last one month,” he says.
    Like Tudu, a whole lot of individuals have been evacuated from coastal and low-lying areas within the district and moved to cyclone and flood centres for security. Those who’ve sought refuge in these shelters bear in mind how Amphan left behind a path of devastation in south Bengal. More than 100 individuals died within the cyclonic storm. For the evacuees, the scenario has not modified a lot. Even as one other cyclone comes knocking, they’re nonetheless praying for the security of their members of the family amid a raging pandemic and a statewide lockdown, and hoping that their properties don’t get broken within the storm.
    “It feels like yesterday. It was in the month of May last year that I lost my livelihood due to lockdown and my house due to cyclone Amphan. This year, it is happening again. This time, the chances of contracting the Covid-19 infection are higher compared to last year,” says 55-year-old Kalipada Hembram, a migrant labourer.
    Fisherman Binay Patra, 36, is hoping that the storm subsides earlier than inflicting a number of destruction. “I have kept my boat tied at Digha Mohana [the estuary of Champa river]. If the storm intensifies, then it will damage my boat. This will cause a lot of hardship as there is hardly any income due to the lockdown,” he says.
    With Yaas nearing the coast, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) groups have been evacuating individuals from coastal and low-lying areas on a warfare footing. In Duttapur Palli, close to the Bengal-Odisha border, The Indian Express noticed a crew of 25 NDRF personnel shifting individuals to shelters.
    “This cyclone centre can accommodate more than 200 people after maintaining social-distancing norms. Last night, about 160 people were brought in. Today, more are being evacuated. Two of our teams are placed in Digha for rescue and relief operations. We are ready to act once the cyclone passes East Midnapore district,” NDRF Inspector Raj Kumar Shil tells The Indian Express.
    The native panchayat has supplied ingesting water and reduction supplies to these evacuated. The basement of the shelter has been become a cattle shelter.
    Meanwhile, about 18 km away, within the coastal city of Tajpur, employees restore and reinforce an embankment broken by massive waves. A coastal highway connecting Tajpur and the city of Shankarpur has received reduce off.
    “Since morning, tall waves crashed on the embankment one after another. There is also a surge in the water level. Several areas are already inundated. We don’t know what will happen when the actual cyclone comes,” says Shankar Bera, lugging sandbags to restore the embankment.

  • Odisha officer dances at brother’s marriage procession, violating Covid-19 pointers

    A girl Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer was discovered dancing on the marriage operate of her brother violating the Covid-19 lockdown pointers imposed by the state authorities within the wake of surge in coronavirus circumstances throughout Odisha.
    The lady officer dancing on the marriage procession of her brother got here to the fore by means of social media platform prompting Jajpur District Collector, Chakravarti Singh Rathore, to say: “The woman tehsildar is on leave right now. Once she joins, an explanation will be called. Based on the explanation, a further course of action will be decided.”
    The District Collector mentioned this isn’t the time for anybody to violate Covid lockdown pointers. “Be it an officer or the public. All should have some rationality in their approach,” he added.
    The lady officer was working as tehsildar of Sukinda. She was present in video dancing with out having face masks or social distancing at a time when the state authorities has fully banned marriage processions and made a ceiling of 25 individuals to attend such an occasion.

    The lady officer was additionally assigned the duty to impose the Covid-19 pointers and make sure that most of the people abide by the foundations.
    The lady officer, was, nevertheless, not instantly, out there for remark. Though the girl officer was working in Jajpur district, she had gone to attend the barat of her brother in close by Jagannathpur village beneath Tirtol block of Jagatsinghpur district on May 21.

    Throwing Covid restriction pointers out of the window, the wedding procession was held through the night time.
    Earlier an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police of Panikoili police station in Jajpur district was suspended after a video exhibiting 4 cops together with a lady residence guard in uniform dancing to the tunes of Odia songs inside Panikoili police station went viral on social media final month.

  • Washed ashore 5 years in the past, ‘Mahanadi girl’ provides motive for Odisha village to rejoice

    Kusmel, A distant village on the banks of the Mahanadi river in Jharsuguda district, bordering Chattisgarh, is in celebratory mode. The whole village is coming collectively to solemnise the marriage of their daughter, Soni Yadav, additionally fondly known as the ‘Mahanadi girl’. But what’s unusually endearing concerning the marriage ceremony is the woman’s affiliation with the village.
    Five years in the past, on a September morning in 2016, Sanyasi Kalo, now 52, discovered Soni coated in mud, mendacity on the banks of the Mahanadi. As Kalo rushed in the direction of her, he discovered her gasping for breath and took her residence. The villagers then took her to the closest public well being centre nearly 10 km away.
    When Soni regained consciousness the subsequent day, she realised she was 80 km away from her residence in Chhattisgarh. Then 18 years previous, and dealing as a home assist in Sarangarh city of Chhattisgarh, Soni recollected that she had slipped and fallen into the river on a go to to Chandrapur temple. She was discovered 12 hours later.
    “I don’t remember what happened after I slipped into the water. I remember waking up in Odisha surrounded by people who saved my life. I knew this was the new life I had been longing for all these years,” Soni instructed this newspaper over the telephone.

    Soni was hardly 5 when her mother and father died. She moved from one relative’s home to a different and ultimately began working as a home assist to offer for herself. “I did not want to return to the life I had been leading. Here, they (Kalo and Helia) were extremely considerate and caring when I was in the hospital. The love and care that I received here, I knew I did not want to give up on it,” Soni mentioned. An solely little one again in her village, she is now an elder sister to 3 younger brothers.
    In Kusmel, Kalo and his spouse Ahalya had additionally discovered what they’d been eager for — a daughter. “Soni did not want to return to her house and instead wanted to stay with us. We have three sons and no daughter of our own. We always wanted a daughter….We felt complete after welcoming her into our family. She came as a blessing, having survived 12 hours of water current. She was God sent,” Kalo mentioned.
    “We first took her to her native place and visited the police station. She was not a minor and decided to stay with us and neither of the families had any issues. The police allowed us to foster her. Her paternal uncles and some members of the family continue to visit her,” Kalo mentioned.

    In the final 5 years, Soni has walked the trail of turning into impartial and assured. Though she by no means went to high school in her early days, in Kusmel, she mastered the artwork of stitching. Today she stitches kurtas, blouses, masks, handkerchiefs for patrons from close by villages as nicely.
    She additionally learnt Oriya for primary dialog together with her household and villagers. “I did not like working as a domestic help. Here, I learned a new craft, a new language. I will continue to stitch and earn money. I also wish to open a small shop after marriage,” Soni mentioned.

    As Kalo and his household struggles on account of monetary constraints, the village has pooled in to organise the marriage, with the assistance of Jharsuguda MLA Kishore Mohanty who will carry out the kanyadaan. The village has a inhabitants of round 1,500 folks, principally counting on fishing and contractual labour work to earn their livelihood. The marriage ceremony is scheduled for April 21 and is being deliberate adhering to strict Covid norms.
    Soni’s marriage has been organized by the household with Purushottam Yadav, 25, a local of Dharmajaygarh in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. A contractual labourer in Raipur, his household farms in an acre of land within the village.