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The pioneer 1. LOCALS RESENT NO ADMISSION IN KHARIAR KV THIS YEAR Monday, 02 March 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar         0 In spite of repeated appeals of the locals of Khariar area in Nuapada district to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathana (KVS) to start the admission process for the session 2015-16 in the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Khariar, the KVS is yet to modify its decision on admission issue. The last date of selling forms for admission in the KV is March 10, but the KV, Khariar has not yet started selling of forms. “We have been instructed by our Regional Office to stop the admission process for this session as the land for construction of KV has not been transferred,” says the Principal of the KV.  The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathana (KVS), New Delhi in a letter addressed to the district Collector of Nuapada has instructed the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Khariar to keep fresh admission to class I and other classes in abeyance u...

The Pioneer KHARIAR CRUSHER UNITS OPERATE SANS POLLUTION NORMS Saturday, 14 February 2015 | AJIT PANDA | Nuapada | in  Bhubaneswar 1 2 3 4 5 0 Most of the stone quarries in Khariar block of Nuapada district are still operating without obeying pollution safeguards in spite of action taken by the Tehsildar of Khariar a month back. Khariar Tehsildar Gopalswami Naidu had sealed four crusher units one month back which were in operation without having pollution control certificate from the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (PCB). One of the crusher owned by Shyam Agrawal did not even have the sitting criteria of the district administration. This unit had been sealed in 2010 by the tehsildar when it was located in Bharuakani village of Bhojpur GP. But instead of obtaining permission from the Collector, the owner broke the seal and shifted the unit to another site in the village Rohenpadar of the same GP. No criminal action was initiated against the owner f...

NBW AGAINST COP FOR TORTURING NUAPADA TRIBAL Sunday, 25 January 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar 1 2 3 4 5 0 The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) of Khariar in Nuapada district, taking cognisance of a case filed by a tribal of Tukla village under the Khariar police station (PS), has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) to Sibaram Sahu, who is an ex-Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) of Khariar PS. A warrant has also been issued to co-accused Ghanashyam (alias Ganga) Meher, an influential liquor trader of the area. The JMFC, after hearing a protest petition filed by complainant Manuraj Majhi, has issued the NBWs to the accused persons. Sahu is presently working as an Inspector in the Jaipur Vigilance Division.  Majhi appeared at the Khariar PS in 2013 to file an FIR against Ganga Meher, who allegedly abused him using derogatory language against his caste and threatened to kill him pointing his (Meher’s) revolver at him. “But instead of r...

NO FARMER HARASSMENT DURING PADDY PROCUREMENT’ Saturday, 24 January 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar 1 2 3 4 5 0 The district administration and the people’s representatives should jointly resolve the issue of FAQ and the farmers of the district should not face any difficulty in selling their paddy. We should be sensitive towards the problems of the farmers,” said Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma at a meeting of district officials, farmers’ representatives and a few elected representatives of Nuapada. Dasburma made this observation in the meeting while responding to a complaint of the farmer representatives and MLAs of the district that due to the irregular functioning of Mandis and strict FAQ considerations the farmers of the district are not able to sell their paddy. Expressing his concern over the difficulty of farmers, the Minister said that the mandis in the district would be operative up to the second week of...

NUAPADA ZP MEMBERS BOYCOTT MEETING Sunday, 18 January 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar         1 The Nuapada Zila Parishad (ZP) members boycotted the District Planning Committee meeting which was scheduled to be held on Friday under the chairmanship of Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahu. “The meeting could not be held due to lack of quorum,” said district Collector Jaykumar V. Minister Sahu returned without attending the meeting. Earlier on Thursday, the ZP members had conducted a meeting to decide about their strategy. “Our decisions are not being taken care of by the district administration,” the ZP members had stated after the meeting. “However, the reason of our resentment is something else. No one of us has earned a single rupee in the tenure of the present Collector,” said a few members on condition of anonymity. It is learnt that the Collector has given strict instructions to the officials to follow Government guidelines ...

IS IT THE END OF PHANAS PUNJI’S POVERTY? Saturday, 17 January 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Chandigarh 1 2 3 4 5 0 Remember Phanas Punji? Now, her wait for three long decades for a good dwelling house finally ended on January 14 when she was allotted the work order for construction of a house under the Biju Pacca Ghar scheme by the Khariar BDO. “I will not ask for any other support if the house is constructed” said a gleaming Phanas. When a media team of the District Press Club of Nuapada visited Phanas on January 12 and wanted to take some photographs, she became angry. “Don’t take my photo. What have you done for me? I am that Phanas Punji who told about my poverty to Rajiv Gandhi. Years passed; Government changed, but my situation has remained the same as it was during the visit of Rajiv Gandhi to my home. (Mui Jen Garib ke se Garib),” lamented an aggrieved Phanas. “Phanas” became the epitome of poverty of the undivided Kalahandi district in the...

HUSBAND DEAD; BANITA NOT LET FREE FROM AP BRICK KILN Friday, 16 January 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in  Bhubaneswar 1 2 3 4 5 0 Thirty-five-year-old Ramchan Majhi of Kirkita village in Khariar block in Nuapada district died of leprosy on January 6. He had already lost his vision much before his death. “The disease started after his marriage, and due to shame, he did not tell about that to anyone. He also did not show it to any doctor,” said his 80-year-old father of Ramchan. Ramchan married Banita 10 years ago and they were bestowed with two children. When the disease grew and everyone knew about it, Ramchan stopped working. The burden of managing the family including the care of aged father-in-law fell upon Banita.  “It was not possible for Banita to take care of the whole family; so she decided to migrate to a brick kiln in Tandul of Hyderabad,” said villagers. Banita took an advance of Rs16,000 from Niranjan Hans, a labour broker of the village...