A Covid awareness campaign among Dongria Kondhs
KORAPUT: Untouched by Covid during the first wave, as many as four members of the particularly vulnerable tribal group Dongria Kondh living in the Niyamgiri hills of Rayagada district tested positive on Thursday. This despite members of the community remaining largely confined to their village under Parsali panchayat in Kalyansinghpur block.
“Occasionally, they visit the markets in the urban areas. There is a high chance of them being infected there. However, precautionary measures are being taken to ensure that the disease doesn’t spread in the villages in which the community resides,” district collector (Rayagada) Saroj Kumar Mishra said. He added that a weekly door-to-door health survey is being conducted by the field staff in their villages and treatment is being provided, if necessary.
The farmer leaders started the yatra from Bhubaneswar after paying floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the Mahatma Gandhi Park on Friday.
BHUBANESWAR: Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 14 farmers outfits in the state, has started 12-day-long Krushak Adhikar Yatra (March for farmer rights) in Odisha protesting farm laws and showing solidarity to farmers’ movement in New Delhi.
Commemorating the historic Dandi March on March 12, 1930, the farmer leaders started the yatra from Bhubaneswar after paying floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the Mahatma Gandhi Park here on Friday. They boarded a bus to travel to different districts of the state and sensitize farmers about the harmful effect of the farm laws.
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Ganja worth Rs 5 lakh seized, two arrested in Rayagada Post News Network
Muniguda: Acting on a tip-off, Muniguda police Sunday seized over one quintal of ganja near Dhandra railway gate in Rayagada district and arrested two persons for smuggling the contraband.
The police were tipped off about a huge ganja consignment was being smuggled in a car. Taking the information seriously, a team of Munigudda police station conducted a raid on the said location. During the raid, they intercepted a speeding car and stopped it near the railway level crossing. Following a search, they found ganja-packed sacks inside it.
The police pegged the value of the seized contraband at Rs 5 lakh. They said the contraband was being smuggled from Kenduguda area under Padmapur police limits to Uttar Pradesh. “Two persons have been arrested and are being interrogated,” they said.
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A bi-weekly special express train will be run between Tata Nagar and Ernakulam with effect from January 31.
Train no. 08189 Tata Nagar-Ernakulam bi-weekly special express will leave Tata Nagar at 5.15 a.m. on Thursdays and Sundays with effect from January 31 and arrive at Duvvada at 8.43 p.m. and depart at 8.45 p.m. to reach Ernakulam on the third day of its journey at 2.25 a.m.
In the return direction, 08190 Ernakulam-Tata Nagar bi-weekly special express will leave Ernakulam at 6.50 a.m. on Sundays and Wednesdays and will reach Duvvada on the next day at 12.08 p.m. and depart at 12.10 p.m. to reach Tata Nagar at 4.15 a.m. on the third day of its journey.