BIJU KBK FUND INCREASED TO RS250 CRORE Sunday, 01 November 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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BIJU KBK FUND INCREASED TO RS250 CRORE

Sunday, 01 November 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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The State Government on Saturday increased the Biju KBK Yojana fund from Rs120 crore to Rs250 crore.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik taking a decision in this regard said the Biju KBK fund was increased as the Centre has stopped assistance for development in the Koraput, Balangir and Kalahandi regions. The State Government would bear the excess expenditure of Rs130 crore from its own fund, Patnaik said.

The scheme would be implemented in eight districts under the KBK region from this year, informed an official release.

Notably, the State Government has been implementing the Biju KBK Scheme since 2006 with annual budget of Rs120 crore.

The Union Government has stopped giving usual assistance of Rs130 crore for the development of the region for the current year.

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3K KHARIF PADDY MANDIS SOON

Sunday, 01 November 2015 | pns | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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Advising farmers not to sell their paddy directly to the millers, the State Government on Saturday decided to open 3,000 mandis (procurement centres) for procurement of kharif paddy directly from peasants. The procurement would begin from November 15.

Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma along with his Department Secretary Madhusudan Padhi and other senior officials on Sunday held a meeting here with farmers’ representatives and millers coming from all districts to streamline the paddy procurement process.

Dasburma told reporters the paddy procurement automation system (P-PASS) which had been implemented in 60 blocks last year would be extended to 100 more blocks this year.

With regard to payment to the farmers, he said the farmers who would sell their paddy would be credited online to their accounts through P-PAS from this year directly.

Maintaining that his department has set a procurement target of 23 lakh metric tonnes of Kharif paddy and seven lakh metric tonnes of Rabi paddy this year, the Minister said a decision has been taken to procure more paddy if necessity arises.

He added that the State Government would request the Centre to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy.

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4 MORE FARMERS COMMIT SUICIDE

Sunday, 01 November 2015 | PNS | NUAPADA/ DHENKANAL/ BALANGIR/JAJPUR | in Bhubaneswar

Four farmers on Saturday committed suicide in Nuapada, Balangir, Jajpur and Dhenkanal districts due to crop loss and also being unable to bear the burden of loan taken for cultivation.

Sadhu Nial (40), a small farmer of Komna town in Nuapada district, committed suicide on Friday evening by hanging himself from the roof of his house. It is the fourth case of farmer suicide in the district this year.

Sadhu’s father Amgad Nial belonged to Charpani village of Turekela block in Balangir district. Angand migrated to Nuapada district in 1965 and settled in Komna in a small piece of Government land. The family has three acres of ancestral land at Charpani, which brings 20 quintals of paddy every year. “This year, the yield was only two quintals which was given as wage to the labourers engaged in harvesting,” said Sadhu’s wife Urmila.

Sadhu had taken a hand loan of Rs15,000 from a moneylender. In addition, Urmila also took a loan of Rs30,000 from the Rajguru SHG. “He became worried about repayment of the loans as the crop failed and must have taken the harsh decision to end his life,” added Urmila.

Sadhu was the sole earning member of the family. The burden of managing the family with two children and old parents has now fallen upon Urmila.

In Dhenkanal district, Bhramarbara Naik of Ostapur village in Odapada block ended his life by consuming poison while Sadhu Laguri of Garania village in Sukinda block in Jajpur district also took the extreme step being unable to bear the crop loss due to scanty rainfall and loan burden.

In Balangir too, a distressed farmer identified as Laxmidhar Putel of Belpada committed suicide by consuming pesticides. Family members said he was in mental stress due to the crop damage and loan.

Meanwhile, concerned district administration officials started investigation to ascertain the exact reasons of the deaths.

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Coach Indicator and the electronic display board would be installed in Bolangir Railway station by January 2016.DRM SAMBALPUR' DK SINGH

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I enclose the two news for your perusal .Infact this problem was first highlighted in the Pioneer by me .Read the two news given below

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SudhirMishra

31^st October 2015

Bolangir

Bolangir ;The Coach Indicator and the electronic display board indicating the timetableoftrain  would be installed in Bolangir Railway station by January 2016.

This was the reply of Divisional Railway Manager DRM Samblapur SriDK Singh  to a query by this correspondent as to when the already sanctioned Coach indicators and train display board in Bolangir Railway station would be installed. Sri DK Singh was on a visit  to Bolangir Railway station today .The entire station was cleaned up.

A delegation of BJP Yuva Morcha activists led by DineshSharma submitted a memorandum to DRM demanding installation of coach indicator, electronic display board and other  problems of BolangirRailway station. The DRM went around the station and asked the officials to take steps to keep proper chair and ensure lighting and water supply facility properly in the station.

It would be pertinent to mention here that the absence of coach indicator causing a lot of problem in to commuters  during the night time journey as with paucity of time in the dead night it was the difficult task to find out the coach and board the train.

This problem was first  highlighted in the Pioneer( enclosed the news)and after that it was sanctioned (also enclosed the news) .

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CCTVs, coach indicator at B’ngir rly station soon

CCTVs, coach indicator at B’ngir rly station soon

Tuesday, 09 June 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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To improve passengers’ amenities, two coach indication boards and an electronic train indicator board would be installed at the Balangir railway station soon. This was announced by Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) of the East Coast Railways (ECoR), Sambalpur Division, Birendra Mundia at a Press meet on Monday.

Besides, four CCTV cameras would be installed at the railway station. However, Mundia declined to say anything on commencement of Khordha-Balangir Railway line work from Balangir side. Besides, some scribes suggested for opening of more number of ticket booking counters and provision of better amenities, including toilet facilities at the station.

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On 3rd-July2014 I had highlighted this issue -Where inBolangir MP demanded it 

 MP SEEKS RS 400 CR FOR K-B’NGIR RLY LINE

MP SEEKS RS 400 CR FOR K-B’NGIR RLY LINE

Thursday, 03 July 2014 | PNS | Balangir | in Bhubaneswar

Ahead of the presentation of the Railway Budget, Balangir MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has demanded that the Union Government allocate at least Rs 400 crore for the Khordha-Balangir rail line construction work.

The MP also demanded opening of a railway wagon factory at Kantabanji to boost local economic development and employment opportunities to local youth and a direct train from Balangir to Delhi, besides demanding extension of the Ispat Express train to Kantabanji and a direct express train to Allahabad from Balangir He also demanded installation of coach indicators at the Balangir railway station and the station’s upgradation. 

Fair price dal shop opened at BalagirINBRIEF.. Saturday, 31 October 2015 | Pioneer | in Bhubaneswar

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Saturday, 31 October 2015 | Pioneer | in Bhubaneswar

Fair price dal shop opened at Balagir

Balangir: District Collector M Muthukumar on Friday opened a fair price shop for pulses near the daily market here. People can get Grade- A quality arhar pluse at Rs148 per kg and Grade-B arhar at Rs125 and mung dal at Rs110. District Civil Supplies Officer Siba Prasad Dora said, “We have conducted raids in 19 different places of the district and found 63.98 quintals of pulses in Tusura town without proper declaration of price and stocks. The matter is pending in the district Collector’s court.”

Declare B’ngir, Subarnapur totally drought-hit’NBRIEF.. Saturday, 31 October 2015 | Pioneer | in Bhubaneswar

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Saturday, 31 October 2015 | Pioneer | in Bhubaneswar

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‘Declare B’ngir, Subarnapur totally drought-hit’

Balangir: President of the Ang Irrigation Project Committee Akash Mishra here on Friday threatened to gherao the District Collectorate on November 3 unless both Balangir and Subarnapur districts are declared totally drought affected forthwith. Moreover, the agriculture loans taken by farmers should be completely waived off, besides waiving off of water tax, he said. Moreover, farmers should be given loan at one per cent interest so that they could take up Rabi cultivation properly, Mishra added.

Fair price shop for Pulses opened in Bolangir 30thOctober2015

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Fair price shop for pulses opened in Bolangir

Bolangir;  District Collector M.MuthuKumar formally opened fair price shop for pulses near daily market today in the town.One can get grade A quality   of Arhar pluses at 148perkg and Grade(B)arhar pulses at 125perKG)and Mung at rupees 110per kg here.

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AKHILESH-NAVEEN TALKS BREW THIRD FRONT RUMOUR Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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AKHILESH-NAVEEN TALKS BREW THIRD FRONT RUMOUR

Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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Even as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Akhilesh Yadav told mediapersons that they discussed issues of mutual interest, speculations are high that a new political equation might have been the subject of their talks held here on Thursday evening.

Yadav, who reached here on Thursday afternoon on a two-day Odisha visit, shortly later called on Patnaik at the Secretariat. The meeting lasted for about 20 minutes.

After the meeting, both Yadav and Patnaik together came out to the corridor and responded to media queries. “I discussed about all the pro-people schemes like housing, health and Mamata programmes going on in Odisha. I got an opportunity to learn a lot from an experienced Chief Minister like Patnaik,” Yadav said.

Similarly, Patnaik said, “We had discussions about matters of mutual interest. I inquired about development of the Lucknow Express Highway and other schemes of Uttar Pradesh.”

In political circles, it is being discussed that Yadav might have come with a proposal to invite the BJD to join hands with the Lalu-Nitish-Mulayam group to make way for formation of a third front in the country next to the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA.

Earlier in the afternoon, a large number of Samajwadi Party leaders and workers led by State president Rabi Behera welcomed Yadav on his reaching at the Biju Patnaik International Airport.

After refreshment at the Hotel Trident Hilton, Yadav visited Patnaik. Then he went to Puri to have Darshan of Lord Jagannath. Yadav is scheduled to address the 25,000 students at the Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) here on Friday.c

21 ODISHA DISTRICTS DROUGHT-HIT: GOVT Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar 1

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21 ODISHA DISTRICTS DROUGHT-HIT: GOVT

Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

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Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) GVV Sarma on Thursday informed that a total of 139 blocks in 21 districts have been affected by drought in the State while the Government has received reports of alleged suicide of 41 farmers from district Collectors.

“The Government is reviewing the reports of the District Collectors on the alleged suicide of 41 farmers and also the eye estimate reports of crop loss. So far as farmers’ death is concerned, we are studying the reports in details to find out the causes and circumstances of the deaths,” Sarma told reporters here.

Sarma said the District Collectors, as per the Odisha Relief Code, have submitted eye estimate reports on the crop conditions in their districts this year.

“As per reports, more than 33 per cent of crops in 139 blocks of 21 districts have been damaged due to scanty rainfall this year,” he added.

He further said as per the Odisha Relief Code, a detailed crop-cutting experiment would be made.

“After the crop cutting experiment is completed, a survey will be made to find out the actual farmers and villages sustaining over 33 per cent of crop loss. After that, they will be provided agricultural inputs, subsidy under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) scheme,” added Sarma.

He also informed that the Government has taken steps under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the moneylenders who are doing business without registration.

He further said the Government is taking steps for more coordinated action in the agriculture sector.

2 BALANGIR FARMERS ATTEMPT SUICIDE Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

2 BALANGIR FARMERS ATTEMPT SUICIDE

Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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Even though the State Government has announced to provide supports to drought-affected peasants, incidents of more debt-burdened farmers attempting to commit suicide in Balangir district have come to the fore

According to reports, Yogeshwar Pradhan (25) of Badika village on Wednesday drank insecticide in an attempt to commit suicide at his crop field. He was shifted to Loisingha hospital and then to the District Headquarters Hospital. As his condition deteriorated further, he was shifted to the Burla medical college.

Yogeshwar had undertaken paddy cultivation in his 2.5 acres land as well as in others’ lands on sharecropping basis. All crops were damaged due to scanty rainfall. The loss led to argument in the family and he drank insecticide.

In another incident, a farmer of Nunianpali village under Agalpur block, Pradeep Seth (20), tried to commit suicide this morning by consuming poison.

Pradeep, sharecropper, was worried as his crops were damaged. Immediately after he consumed poison, he was rushed to DHH.

“His condition is stable now,” said CDMO Dr RN Tripathy.

Notably, two days ago a farmer, Arakshit Majhi (45), had consumed insecticide and later died while undergoing treatment at the DHH.

Arakshit had brought loans from moneylenders and crop loss forced him to take this extreme step.