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PARADIP: Five years back, Lunukula village under Kujang block of Jagatsinghpur district wore a barren look. It’s green cover had been robbed of by a series of natural disasters, and whatever remained was devoured by timber smugglers.
Today, the village - home to 2,000 people - has 500 varieties of trees. Lunukula got its gift of greenery from Jagatsinghpur’s Brukhya Manab (Forest Man) Amresh Naresh Samant who created a ‘gramya jungle’ (rural forest) in the village on three acres of land.
Samant started planting the trees in 2015.
“When I started this initiative at Lunukula, villagers were not aware of the importance of trees and the green cover. It took me some time to make them understand why planting trees is important to maintain the ecological balance. Today, they themselves take care of the trees”, says 46-year-old Samant, an engineer at Paradip Port Trust who is on a mission to create rural jungles across Jagatsinghpu
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira charges reduced fees Financial woes prompt RKM college to offer partial waiver
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Belur has been charging reduced hostel and college fees since November because of the financial constraints students are facing amid the pandemic.
The extent of reduction varies from 30 to 40 per cent on an average for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The partial waiver is likely to continue till in-person classes resume.
A comparison with the fee structure in effect till October reveals that the monthly college fee for the third-year English (honours) students has been reduced from Rs 700 to Rs 500. The fee for the second-year students has been brought down from Rs 900 to Rs 600.
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Kalahandi farmers’ wait getting longer
INDRAVATI PROJECT
Bhawanipatana: The farm sector is the main stay of Kalahandi, but farmers here for years have been experiencing droughts in the absence of proper irrigation facilities. But water of Indravati project may inject a new life to the farm sector it is utilised to its full potential.
Considering such condition of the farm sector, the state government constructed Indravati Mega Lift Irrigation to boost the agriculture in the district, which is known for its annual labour migration.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone at Ladu village for the mega lift irrigation project in 2013.
Terror has no link with colour Christian priest at RKM Xmas Eve programme
Terror has no colour, nor does love, said a priest of the archdiocese of Calcutta at the Christmas Eve celebrations at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur.
In the same way, violence has no colour, said Father Rodney Borneo on Thursday evening. He voiced his reservations about the term “saffron terror”, because he said: “Terror does not come from clothing, it resides within a person.”
“Today, many are using a word which pains me and that is saffron terror. What is this? Terror has no colour.if I wear white, do I become a good person, if I wear green, so I become a good person, and if someone wears saffron, he becomes bad? No. Violence has no colour, violence is in the heart,” said Father Borneo, the principal of Loyola High School.