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Felling of trees for PM visit triggers row Monday, 14 January 2019 | PNS | BALANGIR
Felling of trees for PM visit triggers row
Monday, 14 January
2019 | PNS | BALANGIR
Ahead
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Balangir on Tuesday, hundreds of
trees have been cut down for creation of a helipad near the railway station in
the town.
Following
the hue and cry, the Balangir DFO on Sunday ordered for a probe into the matter.
As
per the Forest Department, around 30,000 saplings had been planted in the town
in 2015-16 and 2016-17 under the Urban Plantation programme at a cost of Rs 10
lakh. Out of the total saplings, 3,500 were planted near the railway station.
Balangir
DFO Sameer Satpathy said nearly 1,000 to 1,200 trees have been felled to make a
temporary helipad near the PM’s meeting venue.
“When
our staffs tried to stop cutting of trees, the site in-charge said that there
have been strict instructions from ‘higher authorities’ to make space for the
helipad. The value of the trees which have been cut down would be nearly Rs 2.5
lakh,” Satpathy said.
Meanwhile,
Samajwadi Party State president Rabi Behera has petitioned the National Green
Tribunal (NGT) against the felling of the trees.
In
the petition, Behera said the PWD and the Railways felled 3,500 trees for
construction of the helipad for the PM’s visit to Balangir without the
permission of the Forest and Environment Department and the local
administration.
He
alleged that the action is illegal and detrimental to the local environment. He
urged the NGT to inquire into the matter and punish the guilty officials.
However
in reaction to the controversy, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said those
who have become jittery due to the PM’s visit are spreading false propaganda
through the DFO.
Pradhan
said the local administration takes decision on where the PM’s helicopter would
land. Is the DFO complaining against the district Collector and SP, he
questioned.
The
State Government had felled thousands of trees for a beer factory in Dhenkanal
district sacrificing the interest of people. But alarmed with the PM’s visit,
“these people” are spreading canards, Pradhan alleged.
Railway station name change resented
Railway station name
change resented
Thursday, 10 January
2019 | PNS | BALANGIR
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The
change of name of the Bhainsapali railway station to Bichhupali railway station
on the Khurda-Bolangir route, while bringing cheers among villagers of
Jharbalangir and Bichhupali, has trigged resentment among Bhainsapali locals.
A
villager of Bhainsapali said, “We will oppose the name change and stage
demonstrations on this issue demanding to restore the old name.”
Notably,
Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Balangir on
January 15 to inaugurate a train from Balangir to Bichhupali and address a
public meeting.
DRM
Sambalpur Jaideep Gupta and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo and his supporters on
Wednesday visited the Balangir railway station and nearby areas to take stock
of the situation before Modi’s visit.
Hundreds of animals sacrificed at Sulia Yatra Wednesday, 09 January 2019 | PNS | BALANGIR
Hundreds of animals sacrificed at Sulia Yatra
Wednesday, 09 January
2019 | PNS | BALANGIR
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Much to the dismay of
animal lovers, killing of hundreds of animals once again continued at the Sulia
Yatra at Khairguda village in the district this year on Tuesday. Buffaloes,
sheep, goats, hens and birds were sacrificed by the tribal devotees.
Notably,
to propitiate the presiding deity, the devotees throng the Khairguda village of
Kultapada panchayat under the Tusura police station of the district on the
second Tuesday of Pousa month every year with hens and goats for sacrifice.
The
devotees believe that offering blood of animals and birds to Sulia, their
traditional deity, brings good harvest resulting in prosperity and happiness to
their families and the community as a whole, said a tribal leader
Satyanaryan Bhoi.
“This
year as the administration has put on no restrictions on killing of animals,
people and devotees from the district and outside offered hens, goat, sheep and
even buffaloes to the Goddess,” added Bhoi.
“We
were suffering from various diseases. We prayed to goddess Sulia and recovered
from it and hence I am taking a buffalo to offer it to the Goddess, said a
devotee J Meher of Athagaon village.
“Five
platoons of police were deployed to maintain land order at Sulia Yatra.
Moreover, we are also took steps to curb the incident of pick pocketing and
other untoward incidents during the occasion,” said Balangir SDPO KS Naik.
Modi’s Odisha visit rescheduled to January 15Monday, 07 January 2019 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR
Modi’s Odisha visit
rescheduled to January 15
Monday, 07 January
2019 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR
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Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Odisha on January 16 has been
advanced by a day.
BJP
Legislature Party Leader KV Singh Deo informed media on Sunday that the Prime
Minister would visit the western Odisha district of Balangir on January 15.
Modi
would address a public meeting and attend official programmes during the day,
Singh Deo said.
Notably,
this would be the Prime Minister’s third visit to Odisha in less than a month’s
time, after Khordha on December 24 and Baripada on January 5.
Guv underscores importance of cow;Sunday, 30 December 2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
Modi to visit Balangir on Jan 16
Saturday, 29 December 2018 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Balangir to attend a
mega public rally, Swabhiman Samabesh, on January 16, informed BJP State
general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan here on Friday.
This would be his second visit to Odisha in the month of
January. Prior to his Balangir programme, Modi is scheduled to visit Baripada
on January 5 to attend a rally there.
Notably, Modi came to Odisha on December 24 to launch a basket
of projects including a new campus of the IIT Bhubaneswar and foundation-stone
laying of the IISER Brahmapur besides addressing a Swabhiman Samabesh at
Khordha.
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Youth dies in B’ngir road mishap
Sunday, 30 December 2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
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A youth, Gopal Mishra, of Gandhinagar Pada was killedc after
being hit by a speeding truck near Mahadev Mandir Square here on Friday night
while he was returning home.
After the incident, irate locals held road blockades at several
places and set ablaze two trucks and damaged some other others trucks.
Police and Fire Services officials along with the Balangir
Sub-Collector reached the spots and held discussions with the agitating people,
following which the blockades were called off.
Notably, before 10 pm, many trucks wait outside the town because
of a no-entry rule and once they start plying, they move with great speed.
The present incident clearly shows the traffic congestion is
increasing in the town and construction of a Balangir bypass is very much necessary
to minimise the traffic rush and reduce accidents, said Balangir Action
Committee member Gopalji Panigrahi.
The committee has been demanding construction of a bypass since
2013 but to no avail, he added.
Notably, the Balangir bypass project has been held up as the
Central Government has asked for clarification from the State Government on the
inflated rates quoted for compensation for acquisition of land.
Guv underscores importance of cow
Sunday, 30 December 2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
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Governor Prof Ganesh Lal on Saturday inaugurated the centenary
celebrations of the Prithiraj Goshala in Balangir.
The Prithiraj Goshala was set up by former Maharaja of the Patna
State Prithiraj Singh Deo in 1919 and the land was given in 1918, informed an
organiser.
Appreciating the steps taken by people at the Gosala, the
Governor informed that in Haryana there are 416 Goshalas. He said cow is the
backbone of Indian economy, narrating the role cow played in earlier times.
Even if a cow doesn't give milk yet it can provide economic benefits of Rs
40,000 through its urine and cow dung, Lal told.
Lal donated Rs 1 lakh to the Goshala. He also visited the
Budhabahal village and interacted with SHG members. Earlier, the Governor
worshipped in the temple inside the Goshala and fed a cow.
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Balangir farmers set afire paddy plants Monday, 29 October 2018 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR
Balangir farmers set afire
paddy plants
Monday, 29 October
2018 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR
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Farmers
set on fire pest-affected paddy plants in several acres of land in some
villages in Balangir district on Saturday evening.
According
to information, Anil Hota of Sahajbahal village set ablaze paddy plants on two
acres of land as the crops were destroyed ‘Chakada Poka’ (Brown Plant Hopper)
attack.
Similarly,
Ashok Pradhan, a famer of Jhareibahali village, set afire paddy plants on 10
decimal area for the same reason.
Deputy
Director of Agriculture, Balangir, Sridhar Das, admitting such incidents, said
a team of agriculture officials has been sent to assess the situation in the
two villages.
“We
would appeal to farmers not to burnt the paddy plants as it will create problem
in making crop loss assessment for insurance claims. Besides, plant burnings
will destroy micro nutrients present in the soil,” said he.
Notably,
a Central team and the Deputy Director of Agriculture had visited the
pest-affected paddy field and advised some measures, including use of
insecticides, for pest control.
According
to sources, Kharif paddy in a total of 4,000 hectares of land has been affected
due to pest attack in Balangir. Of the damaged crops, loss in 1026 hectares
crossed the Economic Threshold Limit (ETL).
Interestingly,
there was also incident of pest attack last year but farmers didn’t get any
relief as they were supplied substandard pesticide only.
Even
as insecticide samples were collected and tested in Haryana, no results were
known yet.
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Balangir farmers torch
damaged crops
Saturday, 04 November
2017 | PNS | BALANGIR / JHARSUGUDA/ BRAHMAPUR
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Close
on the heels of farmers of several other parts of the State torching their
paddy crops due to damage caused by pest attack, farmers in Balangir district
also burnt their paddy crop due to damage.
According
to reports, a farmer of Khapraphol in Balangir, Brundaban Barik, on Thursday
set fire to his paddy crops after it was
affected
due to Chakada or Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) pest attack.
Barik
has a total of eight acres of land, out of which three acres are having
irrigation facility and rest five acres are non-irrigated.
He
had appraised the district administration about his problems. Agriculture
Department officials had advised him to spray insecticide.
But
although the crop condition was good, the unseasonal rainfall, hot and humid
conditions accelerated the pest attack, sources said.
Normally,
the BPH pest occurs in the summer paddy crop. But the rainfall after Durga Puja
and hot and humid conditions led to BPH pest attack in the Kharif paddy crop.
Due to this pest attack at the roots of plants, the nutrition and other
supplies to the plants are cut off, resulting in death of the plants, said
Balangir Deputy Director of Agriculture Sridhar Das.
Asked
to comment on substandard insecticide being sold in the market and provided to
farmers, Das said, “We have collected samples of the insecticide and sent them
to the State laboratory for test.”
“We
have got reports of the pest attack from Gudvella, loisingha and Khapraphol
blocks and a report is being prepared for submission to the Government, he
added.
In
Jharsuguda district, farmers in Siriapalli village set fire to their crops
after attack by pests. Reports said more than 50 farmers set their damaged
crops ablaze on Friday.
Besides,
in Rampa village of Chikiti block of Ganjam district, a farmer set on fire his
damaged crops.
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