Nabarangpur BJD holds Biju birth centenary memorial marathon.

Nabarangpur:

District BJD unit conducted marathon under the name “Biju Janma Shatabarsiki Smaraki Ganadauda” at Papadahandi, here on Friday. District BJD president and Transport minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi,  Chairman district planning committee  Manohar Randhari, ZP President Motiram Nayak, Umerkote MLA Subash Gond,  Chairman film development corporation Muna Khan, district general secretary Ashish Ranjan Patnaik, torch Jyoti at Neelakhanteswar temple of Papadahandi, and the marathon was begins from there which concluded at Saheed minar. The members of the district BJD paid floral tributes at the Martys Memorial and paid homage to Biju babu.

Later meeting was organised at the Saheed smruti Stmabha. Among others Block chairman’s, ZP members, Sarpanchs, Samiti members with hundreds of party supporters across the district were participated in the event. 

MALNUTRITION: 355 NABARANGPUR KIDS PERISH IN 6 MONTHS

nABARANGPUR: BASANT RATH.

The menace of malnutrition among children is still haunting the backward Nabarangpur district. The number of infants affected by severe malnutrition in the district crossed 3,359 while 355 children died in acute malnutrition between January and June this year.

Some reports quoting unofficial sources said a sizeable chunk of child population in the age group of 0-5 years have died of acute malnutrition. In rural areas with predominant tribal presence, things have gone from bad to worse in the district.

According to the data available with the district Women and Child Development Department, malnutrition is being detected in around 3,359 children in the district. The data further puts the total malnourished children death at 68 in January, 54 in February, 60 in March, 96 in April, 84 in May and 73 in June.

As the malnutrition is one of the prime reasons behind the infant deaths in the district, the Government claims to be providing nutritious food to pregnant women and infants till six years. However, the programme appears to be defunct in reality. While the nutritious food items and cooked food have been provided to infants of six months to five years of age through the Anganwadi Centres, the quantity of supplying the items is allegedly limited in many centres, sources said. In the centres, free food is supplied and education is imparted to the children from zero to five years. Through these centres, food is supplied to the pregnant women and children. It is alleged that food is not supplied to most of the centres in time and the concerned departments have not taken any steps in this regard.

Surprisingly, the SHGs are supplying low standard and insufficient ‘Chatua’ which becomes a major cause of malnutrition among the children and pregnant women. The SHGs have been engaged to supply Chatua to these Anganwadi centres. It is alleged that these SHGs are being controlled by the Anganwadi members. In these centres, 15 days food supply is stretched to one month and the rest 15 days’ supply is embezzled among the Anganwadi members, supervisors and other concerned officials.

There is an urgent need to change the fraudulent SHGs and the concerned authority must look into the matter. The large number of death of children in the past six months has caused serious concern in the district.

Although there is provision for the treatment of malnutrition children at Nabarangpur and Umerkote hospitals but such children get no treatment.

BJD burn Ex-MP Pradeep Majhi’s effigy alleged link with Seashore: demands CBI probe.

Nabarangpur: BASANT RATH.

Members of Nabarangpur district BJD unit led by its President and Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, took out a rally and burnt effigy of former MP Pradeep Majhi, here on Tuesday for his alleged connection in tainted Seashore company demanded CBI to probe.  

The Ponzi firm Seashore had transactions worth of Rs. 1.64 crore with Bhagban Majhi,  the father of former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi and his younger brother in 2011.  Besides the bank statement shows transfer of huge sums of money into other accounts who are close connections of  Pradeep’s family. While Bhagban is an ex-Rajya Sabha MP while his younger brother is a block chairman in Jharigam block.

District BJD president and Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, said Former MP Pradeep Majhi, directly involved with Seashore Group one cannot get Rs. 35 lakh from maize farming. The people who claimed to be the solider for Advasis have been exposed. The entire family members are involved in the scam the CBI should bring them under its purview of investigations. 

Umerkote MLA Subash Gond, said Former MP Pradeep has definitely a link if so much money can be made out of maize farming he would have left everything and gone for maize farming. The entire family should be brought under CBI scanner and probe the entire money transactions  Majhi added.

Sources said Pradeep’s younger brother Prasanna Majhi had appointed as a commission agent for the Seashore Promotional Company Pvt Ltd for procurement and supply of maize.  Bank account details of Prasanna shows transaction of Rs.1.62 crore with Seashore that undertaken after Rs.35 lakh was transferred from the company to the account of Bhagban Majhi, his father. The  CBI probing the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha,  the BJD demanded to include the family members of  former MP in the probe.   In the Rally and demonstration BJD district General secretary Ashis Ranjan Patnaik,  ZP president Motiram Nayak, Mahila Zilla President Nibedita Mohanty, district youth president Badri Narayan Singh, Secretary Rabi Patnaik, Tazuddin, Prafula Nag, Pranab Bhunaia, all block chairman’s president’s with party workers present .

Nabarangpur Journalists protest over assault of Media Persons at Puri

Nabarangpur:

The district unit of Odisha Union of Journalists (OUJ)  has condemned the attack on journalists during the  Niladri Bije ritual, of Lord Jagannth's Ratha Yatra festival at Puri.  The journalists of OUJ Submitted a memorandum to deputy collector Surendra Nath Tripathy, being addressed to the chief minister of Odisha.

"This attack is totally intolerable, threatens freedom of media," said Susant Behera, President of district Odisha Union Of Journalists. He also demanded swift investigation into the attack and stringent action against the culprits. We have sent a memorandum to the chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who holds the home portfolio in support of the demand said  Mr. Behera.

Among the team Chita Nanda Sahu, General Secretary, Saroj Patnaik, vice-president, Advisors Basant Rath, Jagannath Rao, Siba Sankar Padhy, Laxmikant Panda, with several members present.