Odisha has border disputes with its four neighbouring states – Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh – over 96 villages. The issue was highlighted by Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheswar Mohanty, in a written reply to a question in the state assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Dilip Ray on Monday […]
Villages
Odisha to electrify all villages by Oct 2
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (Odisha.in) Odisha has drawn up an ambitious plan to electrify all its villages by October 2, the day that marks the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. During a review meeting on Tuesday with senior state officials including those of energy department, chief minister Naveen Patnaik asked Chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi to […]
Women show unity, organize Palli Sabha
Konark, July 9 (Odisha.in) Demonstrating their unity women residents of a village in the district of Puri organized a Palli Sabha for the first time to discuss various problems of their area. Palli Sabha usually male members organize in most of the villages. But in Baharana- a remote village under Gop Block hundreds of women […]
Flood situation remains grim in Jajpur
Jajpur, September 30 (odisha.in) There was no improvement in the flood situation in the worst-hit Bari block in the Jajpur district. So far the death toll of the district has reached 5, while over two lakh people of Bari, Binjharpur, Dharmasala, Jajpur, Korei, Barachana and Dasarathapur blocks remained marooned, despite recession of water level of […]
Priests swim to perform rituals in flood hit villages
Jajpur, September 28 (Odisha.in) The current floods, caused by the incessant rains in the river Baitarnai and Brahmani rivers, have not spared even the gods and goddesses in Jajpur district. The temples in the flood-affected blocks of Bari, Jajpur, Dasarathapur, Korei and Dharmasala are under neck deep water since last three days. However, the priests […]