Kosal Kranti Dal drive to collect one cores
signature against special category status to Odisha, Demands separate Kosal
state
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Balangir town citizens demand bypass
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MP CONCERNED BY SEED SHORTAGE IN BALANGIR Friday, 28 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in BhubaneswarAlso seen in the Picture Mr.Tarun Varma who was here as a part of a study team member in Balangir ,associated with Swaniti foundation(www.swaniti.in) ,NewDelhi.
MP CONCERNED BY SEED SHORTAGE IN BALANGIR
Friday,
28 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
Balangir MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has expressed concern
over paddy seed shortage in the district. Against the requirement of 52,653
qunitals, only 17,000 quintals of seed was received till June 25, he said.
“I
have talked to the Director of Agriculture on the seed shortage issue, and he
assured me to supply the required seeds to the district,” Singh Deo told
reporters here on Wednesday.
According
to reports available from the Deputy Director of Agriculture office here, the
total amount of seeds supplied to the district till Thursday was 21,000
quintals. However, Swarna and Lalat, the most popular paddy varieties, are
short in supply.
Two
agencies, the Odisha State Seed Corporation and the Odisha Agro Industries
Corporation, are supplying seeds
It
would be noted that the seed sowing time can at best go up to the first week of
July. While there is good condition for sowing yet due to shortage of seeds
farmers are facing a lot of problems.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
FARMERS SUFFER AS PADDY SEED SHORTAGE CONTINUES
Dear all
Actually this newswas published in the Pioneer on 24th
June2013.Somehow I overlooked and could not post inmy blog.Hence posting it today.(27th june,2013)
Yours
SudhirMishra/Balangir
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FARMERS SUFFER AS PADDY SEED SHORTAGE CONTINUES
Monday, 24 June 2013 |
SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Even
though the district has received good rainfall, suitable for sowing paddy
seeds, farmers in Balangir are facing acute seed shortage, much to their
chagrin.
“Against a requirement of
52,653 quintals of seeds, we have received around 15,000 quintals of paddy
seeds, which are totally inadequate,” said an official here. All this happened,
even after two agencies, namely the Odisha State Seeds Corporation (OSSC) and
the Odisha Agro Industries Corporation (OAIC) are supplying seeds to farmers
this year. We have appraised about the prevailing seed position in the district
to higher authorities, he informed.
According to reports, in
Balangir district, there is no full-fledged seed production officer here. The
seed production officer of Bargarh district is in charge of Balangir district.
Besides, the seed processing unit is not functioning properly.
Usually by June 30, the
selling of paddy seeds is closed in normal years. With barely ten days left for
June 30, even though there has been rainfall in the district, yet shortage of
seed continues to plague the farmers, sources said.
“The Naveen Patnaik
Government has less concern for farmers. It has nfailed to provide adequate
paddy seeds to the farmers of Balangir district which is most unfortunate. We
are going to stage an agitation soon on this issue,” revealed Indian Youth
Congress president Aakash Mishra.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
FACTIONALISM IN BALANGIR BJP COMES TO FORE
FACTIONALISM IN BALANGIR BJP COMES TO FORE
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 |
SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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The
factionalism in the BJP’s Balangir district unit came to fore on Tuesday with
two groups of the party holding separate rallies for the party’s Jail Bharo
agitation here much to chagrin of BJP lovers and amusement of rival
politicians.
Significantly, Balangir
is the native district of BJP State president KV Singh Deo. There are two
factions in the district party, one represented by newly-appointed district
president Dr Om Prakash Joshi and the other by former district president
Prabhas Panigrahi.
When asked about a
separate a rally, Dr Joshi said there was communication gap between the two
camps.
Panigrahi said, “We are
carrying out the Jail Bharo agitation in protest against the coal scam and
other corruptions during the Manmohan Singh regime at the Centre and the
involvement of the Naveen Patnaik Government in the chit fund scam and
demanding dismissal of the Patnaik Government.”
The rally led by Dr Joshi
was held in the presence of party observer Maheshwar Sahu before the district
Collectorate. The speakers slammed the Naveen Patnaik Government for its
involvement in the chit fund scams. The revelation that Ministers and BJD MLAs
took protection money from chit fund companies has further exposed the
Government, they said.
Political observers here
pointed out that ever since Panigrahi was replaced by Dr Joshi as the district
president, Panigrahi is not pulling on well with Singh Deo.
Monday, June 24, 2013
EFFORTS ON TO REVIVE MINOR MILLETS IN BARGARH DISTTuesday, 25 June 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
EFFORTS ON TO REVIVE MINOR MILLETS IN BARGARH DIST
Tuesday, 25 June 2013 |
SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Farmers
of Gaisillet and Paikmaal blocks in Padmapur sub-division of Bargarh district
are now all set for cultivation of minor millets. The minor millets had been
losing their popularity and virtually had vanished due to lack of promotion by
the Government.
“We want to revive and
promote minor millet in Gaisillet block and provide the farmers healthy and
nutritious food,” says Siba Sahu of Ahimsha Club of Padampur. The club has been
taking special initiatives for the revival of the millets.
“We have distributed
Kudo, Mandia, Suuan Kango, Gurjee and Kandul seeds in Bhutibahal, Nathapali,
Lebdi, Dangbahal, Jalpat and other villages in Gaisilet block among 200 farmers
between June 10 and 12 with support from Millets Network India (MINI) and
have taken up steps to revive and promote minor millets cultivation in 10
villages of the district,” asserts Sahu.
He continues, “We have
formed a committee of women farmers on minor millets to monitor the progress of
the cultivation. Farmers have taken up minor millets cultivation in their
fields with another crop like ground nut.”
“I have taken up mixed
minor millets cultivation in my field. The cultivation of these crops is
becoming extinct from our area but of late due to the special effort by the
members of the Ahinsha Club, minor millets will again take the centre stage.
The major benefit of the consumption of minor millets is that it tackles the
problem of malnutrition,” says Mohan Putel, a farmer of Bhuti Bahal village.
Moreover, women have also
come forward to revive the minor millets. They have formed a committee and
demanded that minor millets be given to women and chidren through
Anganwadi/ICDS for their better health.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
NO GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE SANS OJM SUPPORT: JAGNESWAR Thursday, 20 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
STATE EDITIONS
NO GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE SANS OJM SUPPORT: JAGNESWAR
Thursday, 20 June 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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In the
forthcoming elections, no political party without the support of the Odisha Jan
Morcha (OJM) can form Government in the State. This was asserted at a Press
conference by OJM secretary general Jagneswar Babu here on Wednesday. “I would
like to contest from Titilagarh Assembly constituency (in Balangir district,”
he said.
Babu said Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik has no concern to realise the creams of his father late Biju
Patnaik for the State. In particular, the Chief Minister has little concern for
people of the State’s western region. There are tremendous undercurrents in
favour of the Odisha Jan Morcha, Babu claimed further.
Asked why he was with the
same leadership and establishment for 12 years and is now criticising it, Babu
said, “I was with that party and as he (Naveen) is son of Bjju Patnaik and
hoped he would realise his father’s dreams. However, that did not happen.”
Balangir MLA AU Singh Deo
and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik both are betrayers, Babu alleged further.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Clouds-- in Night.-mobile pictures taken on 18th June 2013(Evening) bySudhir Mishra
As the sun set in the Horizon, the darkness set in and to dispel the darkness, street lights are switched on .I t was around 7PM (todayJune18,2013)when I went out of home, towards town after days work, I found this picture - of sky with streets lights are on and vehicles are moving on road with lights on.I stopped my two wheeler for a while took these pictures from my mobile on the road with vehicles /two wheeler going speedily on the road.,just my side. Posting these pictures for viewing of all.
CONGRESS DEMANDS CBI PROBE INTO IRREGULARITIES Tuesday, 18 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR| in Bhopal
CONGRESS DEMANDS CBI PROBE INTO IRREGULARITIES
Tuesday, 18 June 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR
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Members
of the Indian Youth Congress Balangir Lok Sabha Constituency led by its
president Akash Mishra, District Congress Committee president Bhagaban Bagarti,
Laxman Meher and Pandav Kumbhar on Monday staged a dharna before NTPC office
here protesting against the poor implementation and irregularities of the Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Bidyutikaran Yojana meant for BPL people in Balangir district.
Akash Mishra said that in
the entire Balangir district, the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGBY) has failed to reach the poor BPL people. It is only in paper that
officials have shown that they have covered 40 per cent of the villages under
the scheme, but actually they have covered 10 per cent.
“After publication in the
media about the poor implementation of this programme, Youth Congress members
visited villages and found the shocking fact. In Agalpur block for example,
although officially the authorities have covered 40 villages, actually only one
village has been covered. In Loisingha block, they have not covered a single
village,” he said.
While the Central
Government is giving money, and even after the sorry state of the programme was
highlighted in the media, the district administration did not take any action
to streamline the implementations of the programme. It reflects the lack of
sincerity on the part of the district administration and the State Government
towards this important Centrally-sponsored programme, said Mishra.
In Deogaon block, he
said, the authorities have covered only 47 out of the 127 villages.
The Central Government
had given Rs 99 crore to provide electricity to BPL people of Balangir district
in 2009, and till April 2013, according to official figures, they have covered
1,083 villages out of the total 1,764 in the district and a total of 83,517
families have been covered so far. These official figures are misleading,
alleged senior Congress leader Laxman Meher while addressing the gathering.
Later, the Youth Congress
leaders submitted a memorandum to the State’s Governor demanding a CBI inquiry
into the irregularities and corruption in the implementation of the RGGBY in
Agalpur and Loisingha blocks, supply of electricity to BPL families in these
two blocks within 10 days, arrest of the official involved in corruption in the
programme. Unless concrete action is taken within next 10 days, the Youth
Congress and Kisan Khet Mazdor Congress would intensify their agitation, they
threatened.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Youth Congress members stage dharna in Balangir.
Members of Indian Youth Congress Balangir
Lok Sabha Constituency led by its president Sri Akash Mishra, District Congress
Committee President Sri Bhagaban Bagarti and others today staged dharna
before NTPC office here today(June17, 2013, protesting against the poor implementation
and irregularities of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bidyut Yojana,meant for BPLpeople , in Balangir
district.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
RS 2 LAKH LOOTED FROM GRAM ROZGAR SEVAK IN PATNAGARH
STATE EDITIONS
RS 2 LAKH LOOTED FROM GRAM ROZGAR SEVAK IN PATNAGARH
Monday, 17 June 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
In
another broad daylight dacoity incident, four miscreants looted over Rs 2 lakh
from a Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS), Debendra Sahu, near village Damkipali under the
Patnagarh police station on Saturday evening.
According to reports,
when Sahu was going to disburse old age pension, he was stopped near Damkipali
by four persons, who came by two motorcycles and looted the money from his
motorbike dickey.
The incident has raised
many questions to be answered: Why police protection was not taken for
disbursement of money for purposes like old age pension; why the looters left
Sahu’s mobile phone untouched; and why Sahu’s motorcycle was found undamaged a
few km away.“We are looking into all the aspects of this incident,” said
Inspector-in-charge of Patnagarh police station Antaryami Behera to this
correspondent over phone.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
BAINAACH ENCHANTS SITAL SASTHI CROWDS IN B’NGIR
BAINAACH ENCHANTS SITAL SASTHI CROWDS IN B’NGIR
Sunday, 16 June 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Sital
Sasthi, the annual traditional festival of marriage ceremony of Lord Shiva and
Goddess Parvati, was celebrated for three days at several places here with pomp
and gaiety. After Lord Shiva arrived with his entourage for marriage, He was
given a traditional welcome, and after the wedding He returned to his abode
with His spouse Parvati along with His entourage.
The concluding
celebration witnessed many forms dance. The Bainaach (dance of eunuchs) drew
large crowds, especially youth who were hooked to the dance and busy capturing
the performances in their mobile cameras.
A Dash Avatar (the ten
incarnations of Lord Vishnu) dance was performed by the Kalakunja troupe from
Ganjam. The Ghumra Naach and traditional dances by tribals with swords was yet
another attraction. The Palace Line Puja Committee tried to spread the message
of plantation of tress and protection of ecology, but its move was overshadowed
by the dance performances on the same vehicle. This festival also heralds
cooling of the atmosphere as its title Sital Sasthi suggests. However, due to
earlier monsoon rains this year there already was a decline in temperature.
CENTRE TO SET UP MEDICAL COLLEGE IN BALANGIR Saturday, 15 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
STATE EDITIONS
CENTRE TO SET UP
MEDICAL COLLEGE IN BALANGIR
Saturday, 15 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR |
in Bhubaneswar
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The Central Government has decided to set
up a Government medical college in Balangir and the State Government has also
given its consent for this.
The college would be established at the
same place where initial construction work for a medical college was undertaken
earlier and the district administration has indentified 25 acres of land for
the purpose.
This was informed at a news conference here
by senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra on Friday. The Centre would bear 75
per cent of the total cost of the project and the State Government would bear
the rest 25 per cent besides providing 25 acres of land, he said.
On the public distribution system (PDS) in
Balangir district, Mishra said it is in a disarray, and whenever any
irregularities in PDS is reported, the administration is not taking steps to
punish the culprit.
Mishra said that even though the Centre is
providing 35 kg of rice to all APL and BPL people in the KBK region and 35 kg
to BPL people in other parts of the State, people are getting only 25 kg of
rice.
Protesting against the irregularities a
public interest litigation (PIL) petition would be filed in the Odisha High
Court demanding payment of the total cost of rice of the beneficiaries that has
been siphoned in last 11 years.
Besides, the PIL would urge for steps to
ensure supply of 35 kg of rice to all the beneficiaries. Those who are
responsible for the deduction of 10 kg of rice action would be taken against
them.
An FIR would also be filed against the
Chief Minister, Civil Supplies Minister, Civil Supplies Secretary and
district-level Civil Supplies officials for this gross irregularity in supply
of rice, Mishra said further.
On this occasion, president of
Balangir Zila Adivasi Kalyan Sangh Braja Kishore Singhbhoi joined in the
Congress party.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
BIKE RALLY AGAINST SUKTEL PROJECTSaturday, 15 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
BIKE RALLY AGAINST SUKTEL PROJECT
Saturday, 15 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
After a brief lull, members of the Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad on Friday=took out a motorcycle procession from the Samleshwari Temple here to the Banadurga Temple at Magurbeda opposing the construction of a dam over Lower Suktel river and protesting against the atrocities by the district administration on those opposing the dam.
The protesters later held a public meeting at Pardihapali and Gadshankar-Dunguripali villages.
In the forthcoming days, a Padayatra would be undertaken in 30 villages opposing the construction of the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project, informed Satya Banchhor of the Lower Suktel Action Committee to this correspondent.
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Center to set up Government Medical college in Balangir .
Center to
set up Government Medical college in
Balangir .
Balangir;
The Central
government has decided to set up a government medical college in Balangir and
state government has also given its consent for this .IT would be at the same
place where the medical college was constructed earlier and the Balangir
district administration has identified 25 acres of land there for medical
college. This was announced to media men at a news conference here by senior
congress leader Sri Narsingh Mishra today. The Center would bear 75% of the
total cost and state government would bear the rest 25% cost ,besides 25 acre
of land to be given by the state government for this medical college, Mishra
said further.
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Motor cycle rally by members Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad opposing dam
Balangir
;After a brief lull ,
members of Lower suktel Budi Anchal Sangram
Parishad took out a motor cycle rally from Samleshwari temple here to
Bandurga Temple at Magurbeda , opposing the construction of dam over lower
Suktel and protesting against the atrocities by the district administration on those
opposing the dam. According to reports later they held meeting at Pardihapali and
GadshankarDunguripali villages. In the
forthcoming days padayatra would be
taken in 30 villages , opposing the construction of dam.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
KOSAL DAL REJECTS SPECIAL CATEGORY CLAIM Thursday, 13 June 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
KOSAL DAL REJECTS SPECIAL CATEGORY CLAIM
Thursday, 13 June 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Even as the
Biju Janta Dal (BJD) held its Swabhiman Samabesh in New Delhi on Wednesday
demanding Special Category State status to Odisha, members of the Kosal Kranti
Dal (KKD) led by its president Pramod Mishra staged a dharna before the
district Collectorate reiterating its demand of formation of a separate State
of Kosal out of the existing jurisdiction of Odisha under Articles 2 & 3 of
the Constitution of India.
The KKD rejected the
demand for Special Category State status to Odisha.
Mishra said, “We reject
the demand of Special Category State status to Odisha and we demand formation
of a separate Kosal State. The BJD is demanding the Special Category states on
the basis of poverty and underdevelopment, which is found most in
‘Kosalanchal’.”
“After formation of the
Western Odisha Development Council (WODC), the Government has taken revenue of
Rs 28.000 crore from our Kosalanchal region in the last 12 years but has given
only around Rs 837 crore to this region.
Once Odisha gets the
Special Category status and (increased Central) assistance, most of the funds
will be spent in the coastal area, a fact which has been demonstrated in the
developmental activities during the last 60 years,” Mishra further said.
The KKD leaders submitted
a memorandum incorporating their demand to the Prime Minister through the
district administration.
Kosal Kranti Dal rejects the claim of Special category status to Odisha; Demands formation of Separate Kosal state.
Kosal Kranti
Dal rejects the claim of Special category status to Odisha.
Demands
formation of Separate Kosal state.
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Balangir ; Even as the
Biju Janta Dal(BJD) headed by its
president ,Naveen Pattnaik is holding rally and meeting in New Delhi, demanding special category
status to Odisha, members of Kosal
Kranti Dal led by its president Sri Promod
Mishra staged dharna before the district
collectriate here, demanding formation of separate Kosal
state under Article 2&3of
Constitution of India and rejecting
the demand for special category status to Odisha.
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