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STORIES OF PLIGHT OF WOMEN OF SUNABEDA VILLAGES Saturday, 01 August 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar Netri Chhatria of Junapani village did not avail the service of institutional delivery because she was unable to pay for the transport to visit the nearest CHC (Community Health Centre) at Komna located at a distance of 30 km from her village.  Junapani is one of the several remote villages located in the Sunabeda Plateau of Nuapada district. Considering the distance and remoteness of the area, the Government has made provision for an ambulance to be placed in the panchayat headquarters, Sunabeda. But the CDMO has withdrawn that apprehending that the vehicle would be used by Maoists. “Such apprehension is rubbish,” say villagers. “Why don’t they keep the vehicle under the custody of the CRPF personnel posted here?” they ask. Netri’s husband Hareram phoned the driver of the ambulance repeatedly to bring the vehicle to Junapani, but the driver answered that...

RS3.90L NOT RECOVERED FROM EX-KHARIAR BDO Wednesday, 29 July 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar The audit report no – 05/2011-12 for the accounting year 2010-11 states that an amount of Rs 3.90 lakh is outstanding against Mangaraj. The Audit Superintendent of DLFA Nuapada office has recently sent a letter to the BDO, Khariar, requiring information on whether the Government funds spent illegally during the financial year 2010-11 have been recovered from Mangaraj, who is now working as the ABDO of Mathili block in Malkangiri district.Information obtained through an RTI query shows that recovery of money has not been made in case of a few erring officials in Nuapada district in spite of repeated notices by the Directorate of Local Fund Audit (DLFA). One such case in Khariar Panchayat Samiti is related to Rambilash Mangaraj, who was in charge BDO of Khariar during 2010-11 and 2011-12. The DLFA earlier had served notice to Mangaraj directing him to show cause, but as ...