PAITDA, RTO, CDMO, 3 posts of ADMO, 3 posts of Tahasildar, 2 BDO, posts including 3 ABDOs & Deputy Collector posts lying vacant.
Nabarangpur was formed into a district in October 1992 being bifurcated from erstwhile Koraput district, since than the journey has been a bumpy ride for the people of Nabarangpur. Initially the district did not have the required infrastructure and now when infrastructure is being made available there is dearth of officials to man the office.
However despite all the infrastructure the situation is not better with several important posts lying vacant. After the death of PAITDA, on 15th August no one has been posted till today while CDMO retired on 31st August the post now vacant. Apart from the posts district does not have a RTO, Revenue Officer, District Register, two BDOs of Kosagumuda and Raighar, three Tahasildars, of Nabarangpur, Raighar, and Chandahandi, three ABDOs, of Nandahandi, Nabarangpur, and Kosagumuda, three deputy collectors of collectrate are vacant.
While implementation of development programmes is bearing the brunt of these vacancies, The health sector in this tribal-dominated district is in a shambles due to the non-availability of doctors in the District Headquarters Hospital key posts of paediatrics, gynaecologists, surgery, O&G, orthopaedics, medicine, ophthalmology, ENT, skin & VD, TB & CD, anaesthesia, pathology are lying vacant since long.
Similarly three posts of Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) for Medical, Family welfare and Public Health, District Tuberculosis Officer, District Leprosy Officer and District Surveillance Medical Officer including 60 doctors post vacant which have thrown health services into disarray. The district administration and health department are now struggling to provide proper health services in the diarrhoea affected blocks.
