Balangir forum seeks implementation of food rights schemes August 09, 2011 10:07:58 PM

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Balangir forum seeks implementation of food rights schemes
August 09, 2011 10:07:58 PM
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PNS | Balangir

The Patnagarh block-level Food Security Federation has expressed concern over the drought situation in Balangir district and demanded proper implementation of food rights schemes.

At its meeting held at Patnagarh on Monday, the block-level forum expressed its apprehension of exclusion of poor and vulnerable people in the BPL-2011 survey process.

The BPL-2011 survey methodology is faulty and likely to exclude around 16 per cent of poor and vulnerable people of Odisha, pointed out Tirtha Sahu of the forum.

Even as the Forest Right Act has come to existence since 2006, not a single community claim of community forest has been given in Balangir.

A total of 688 individual claims over forest and 119 community claims have been submitted to district administration till July 2011, but not a single case has been taken up for the joint verification process, rued Regional Manager of RCDC Amar Kumar Gouda.

Even though 43 community claims over forest have been submitted by the Zilla Jangal Manch with the administration, not a single one has been taken up for joint verification, said Tikendra Jaal of the Balangir district forestry forum.

The meeting express concern over this year's drought conditions and demanded proper implementation of the food securities schemes so that poor and vulnerable people get the desired benefits.
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Balangir private hospital sealed after raid August 08, 2011 11:13:27 PM

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Balangir private hospital sealed after raid
August 08, 2011 11:13:27 PM
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PNS | Balangir

Acting on a tip-off, under the direction of Balangir SP Awinashks Kumar, a team of officials comprising representatives of CDMO Dr Vikrant Kumar, Executive Magistrate BC Pattnaik, Special Squad led by Inspector Ranjan Pattanik and Town police station Inspector-in-Charge Bimalendu Satpathy, raided the Harihar Hospital, located near the District Headquarters Hospital here on Sunday.

According to sources, during the raid the owner of the hospital could not show valid documents in support of hospital and other required documents. As the owner could not show the required legal papers, the team decided to seal the hospital. All the indoor patients were discharged and those were in critical conditions were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

Official sources said the Harihar Hospital, which had first started as a nursing home, should have displayed the registration certificate of the hospital at its entrance. Moreover, the hospital is supposed to have the required number of qualified nurses. While the raid was going on, the doctor, Narendra Sahu, who was running all affairs of the hospital, left the place unnoticed.

It has been noticed that the hospital does not have adequate number of trained and qualified nurses to run it, said CDMO Dr Kindo, when contacted. “We are waiting for the report of technical team. Once we get the report, the legal process will be initiated,” informed Town PS IIC Satpathy.
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Skill Development Centre opened in Balangir August 07, 2011 11:14:49 PM ===============================

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Skill Development Centre opened in Balangir
August 07, 2011 11:14:49 PM
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PNS | Balangir

Balangir MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo on Sunday formally inaugurated a Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC) at Larkipali.

The MSDC is expected to go a long way in providing further livelihood opportunities to youth and other sections of people of Balangir district, which is part of the KBK region. It is aimed at providing free training to educated unemployed youth, and after successful completion of the training they would be assured of jobs, said Singh Deo.

A total of 1,723 rural BPL youth have been identified all over the district to undergo the training. Presently, training is being given on two trades - sewing machine operator and hospitality. After completion of the training, they are assured of a placement, informed Zonal Manager, ORMAS, Sambalpur, Kamlendu Pal.
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Jumbo tramples calf to death in Subarnapur August 06, 2011 9:38:13 PM

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Jumbo tramples calf to death in Subarnapur
August 06, 2011 9:38:13 PM
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PNS | Balangir

A baby male elephant aged one and a half years was found dead in the agriculture field of a farmer of village Dabalang in Subarnapur district, 70 km from here, on Friday.

According to sources, when three elephants were coming towards the village, the calf slipped from an elevated side of the land. The other elephants tried to make the baby stand and walk again.

However, as the calf could not stand and resume walk, the male elephant of the herd in a fit of rage trampled it, said a Forest Department official. “We noticed injury marks in the calf’s head and other parts of its body,” he said.

The sources said 30 elephants were recently found in the Barpahad reserve forest in Subarnapur district. With the calf’s death, the number has come down to 29.

The moot question, however, is how an unusual incident of a baby elephant becoming too weak to walk occurred, knowledgeable circles wondered.
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Farmers demand Balangir as drought-hit district August 03, 2011 11:01:42 PM

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Farmers demand Balangir as drought-hit district
August 03, 2011 11:01:42 PM
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PNS | Balangir

Several farmers, led by president of Balangir district Krushak Mahasangh Sudhir Parischha, on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate demanding that Balangir district be declared as drought-hit.

The farmers submitted a 12-point charter of demands to the State’s Governor through the district administration. The demands include extension of Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) to all the 14 blocks of the district instead of the present eight blocks, supply of free seed and fertiliser to farmers for cultivation of Mung and Biri (black gram), action against the commercial banks harassing farmers for crop insurance, immediate payment of crop damage compensation and opening of tehsil office in each block.

The farmers also demanded payment of Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of a farmer who died while cultivating land.
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Farmers demand Balangir as drought-hit district
August 03, 2011 11:01:42 PM
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PNS | Balangir

Several farmers, led by president of Balangir district Krushak Mahasangh Sudhir Parischha, on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate demanding that Balangir district be declared as drought-hit.

The farmers submitted a 12-point charter of demands to the State’s Governor through the district administration. The demands include extension of Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) to all the 14 blocks of the district instead of the present eight blocks, supply of free seed and fertiliser to farmers for cultivation of Mung and Biri (black gram), action against the commercial banks harassing farmers for crop insurance, immediate payment of crop damage compensation and opening of tehsil office in each block.

The farmers also demanded payment of Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of a farmer who died while cultivating land.

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Farmers demand Balangir as drought-hit district August 03, 2011 11:01:42 PM

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August 03, 2011 11:01:42 PM
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PNS | Balangir

Several farmers, led by president of Balangir district Krushak Mahasangh Sudhir Parischha, on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate demanding that Balangir district be declared as drought-hit.

The farmers submitted a 12-point charter of demands to the State’s Governor through the district administration. The demands include extension of Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) to all the 14 blocks of the district instead of the present eight blocks, supply of free seed and fertiliser to farmers for cultivation of Mung and Biri (black gram), action against the commercial banks harassing farmers for crop insurance, immediate payment of crop damage compensation and opening of tehsil office in each block.

The farmers also demanded payment of Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of a farmer who died while cultivating land.

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