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Focus on primary education


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KORAPUT: New equations seem to have been drawn in Koraput district for ensuring primary education at the grassroots. While 606 teachers from primary and upper primary schools in Koraput have been transferred, 244 of them got transferred in Jeypore.
It is for the first time in the last many years that transfer of teachers in such a high scale has been carried out in Koraput district. Moreover, while the transfers in the past were mostly influenced by the leaders of various political parties and others close to the education department, this time it was done under the direct supervision of district Collector Rajesh Pravakar Patil.
While teachers from the urban areas were transferred to rural areas and vice-versa, efforts were made to see that the woman teachers who were transferred from the urban areas got posting in schools near to the approachable roads in the block areas and especially in the schools where special girls' hostels were opened recently, Mr. Patil said. However for serious gaps like transferring the same teacher to more than one place, transferring some teachers who were engaged in census work and allegedly not maintaining any particular criteria in the process of transfer, the initiative was put under scanner by the critics. Such unwarranted cases and other instances with genuine health concern would be reviewed for correction, Mr. Patil added.
Data bank
According to Mr. Patil, the district should have a proper data bank of teachers at one place to facilitate more transparency in such a situation. Efforts are now in progress to create an elaborate data bank on all the teachers in the district documenting their service over a certain period of time tracking their history, present day's status and their strength and resourcefulness. This will also be placed in the official website of the district for more transparency.






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Three Maoists held

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Three Maoists held


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BERHAMPUR: Three hardcore Maoists were arrested from the Chintalwada jungles in Malkangiri district on Thursday.
They were allegedly involved in the attack on the Balimela hydro-electricity project and the attack on a Special Police Officer (SPO) in the district. According to Malkangiri district police headquarters these Maoists were nabbed during a joint operation by the Special Operation Group (SOG) jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) personnel inside the Chintalwada forest about 45 km from Malkangiri town in the wee hours of Thursday.
The arrested persons were identified as Budura Padiami, Irma Kabasi and Sarat Behera. It was suspected that some more Maoists may have managed to escape from the spot. The arrested persons were being interrogated at Malkangiri town. Initial investigation hinted that they were involved in several incidents of major Maoist violence in Malkangiri district.






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Naxals kill jawan

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Naxals kill jawan


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BERHAMPUR: Maoists murdered a jawan of the Shasastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Malkangiri district on Wednesday night.
The jawan Manoram Durua had returned to his native village Markapalli under Mathili police station area a few days ago. He was on leave to celebrate the Raja festival. According to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Sanjeev Panda it was a cold-blooded murder by Maoists to create havoc in the area.
Around seven to eight armed Maoists had called at the house of Durua on Wednesday night. They had taken the jawan with them and shot him at close range, Mr Panda said. There is suspicion that Maoists resorted to this killing due to a false idea that the jawan was serving the Border Security Force (BSF) who are now deployed in Malkangiri district for a major anti-Maoist joint operation.
The panic of Maoists has started to show up in Malkangiri as five village guards posted in naxal-infested Kalimela police station area were reported to have sent in their resignation letters due to threat of Maoists on their lives. The DIG said these village guards had submitted their resignation letters at the Kalimela police station.






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Forest official dead

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Forest official dead

KORAPUT: V. Raja Reddy , regional Chief Conservator of Forests (RCCF), Koraput, died of heart attack on Thursday .
He was admitted in the district head quarter hospital in the town afer complaining chest pain after playing lawn tennis in the morning. He was 50. His body was taken by his family members to Hyderabad.



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Panchayats in Kotpad block facing acute water shortage

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Panchayats in Kotpad block facing acute water shortage


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Villagers in the region seek some measures to tide over the crisis


KORAPUT: Ghasiram Jani of Sahanimunda village in Murtahandi panchayat of Kotpad block in Koraput district had to sell a pair of buffalos and purchase a pair of bullocks as the former was required to be cleaned regularly and thus more water was needed. Water is available in little quantity and the cattle had to be taken to Makagaon, by covering at least five km of distance, for their bath with the water of the Janra river. Ghasiram takes them once in a month to the river.
However, according to Katulu Durua of Malchamal village in the same panchayat, cattle is more often left to themselves even for more than three months at a stretch due to acute shortage of water in the region. Of the two tubewells in Malchamal, one is in working condition. But the amount of water that comes out of it is so little that families have to wait night long to fill their pots for storing drinking water.
Ghasiram owns 17 acres of land. But, for the lack of water he could cultivate paddy only during rainy season. He manages the family with the total output of the land from a single crop. But, the marginal farmers living in the forest area often depend upon the minor forest products. They even migrate to work in the green chilli farms on the other side of the river in the neighbouring State of Chhattisgarh.
Affected by drought
Chatarla, Murtahandi and Chandli panchayats in Kotpad block have been affected by draught last year. Compensation was paid to the farmers. But, the situation could not be changed for anything better even this year for the lack of proper initiatives. These villages are now surrounded by a number of ponds. But none of them has water for use in time of need. While waiting for regeneration of groundwater through these ponds, some of the funds could have been spent on digging a canal to bring water to these panchayats from the Janra river. This might have brought some solution to the water crisis of the region, says Ghasiram.






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Red flags planted

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Red flags planted


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KORAPUT: Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) seems to have reclaimed its lost hold in parts of Narayanpatna block in Koraput district after a long spell of silence .
In a surprising move hundreds of its members mostly women placed red flags in agricultural lands to the tune of hundreds of acres in Balipeta and Tentulipadar panchayats in the block during the last few days.
While this was the way in which the sangh had occupied more than two thousand acres of land in the region, it had faced serious setback after losing two of its top leaders to the bullets of police at Narayanpatna in November last year.






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Armed gang claiming to be naxals loots house

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Armed gang claiming to be naxals loots house


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KORAPUT: A group of people claiming themselves to be Maoists from Bhubaneswar attacked the house of Bibhisan Hantal, the sarpanch of Haldikund panchayat in Boipariguda block of Koraput district in the early hours of Tuesday .
According to Mr. Hantal a group of 40 people armed with swords and country-made revolvers had enquired about his whereabouts by knocking at his brother's door in his residence at Rupabeda a village around 1.30 am .
Not finding him in the front house they torched two tractors on the premises before entering his bedroom in the backside of the campus . The group members, most of whom had faces covered in black cloth looted his house . They took one gold chain , Rs.30,000, a new motorcycle and his mobile phone before leaving the spot with a demand of Rs.5 Lakh which was to be handed over to them in Dokri ghat within a week, he added.
While the villagers were alarmed by his brother about the incidence , the villagers had no other way than to retreat when an old man was attacked by the group . While the group had claimed themselves to be Maoists, Mr.Hantal however suspects the hand of his rival group of people behind the incident . A complain has been made against the suspected people at Boipariguda police station , he added.






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Media sensitisation programme

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Media sensitisation programme


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KORAPUT: An effective media can raise the awareness level and can also bring about sustainable behaviour change in society, Rabi Narayan Das, CDMO, Koraput, said at the district level media sensitisation programme on TB & HIV/AIDS at Korpaut on Wednesday .
While the threat of these symptoms was on the rise in Koraput district, media had the capability to bring about transformation in the thinking pattern of society in respect to the people living with HIV/AIDS .
Attending as guest of honour, Niranjan Das, ADMO, said that while there were at least 30,000 TB patients in Koraput district with 650 of them losing their lives to the disease every year for irregular medicine intake and negligent attitude towards the disease , media could bring a change by sensitizing people in this regard .
The programme was organised by Lepra Society .






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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Maoists target panchayat bodies in south Orissa

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Maoists target panchayat bodies in south Orissa


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Security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat


BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to use terror tactics to hamper the functioning of panchayat bodies in remote areas of south Orissa.
Through this they want to stall the pro-poor developmental projects and subsidised Public Distribution System (PDS) in underdeveloped remote areas. For it they have started terrorising the elected members of panchayat bodies. Maoists are damaging the panchayat offices and panchayat warehouses meant for storing PDS supplies.
In Rayagada district, the vice chairman of Chandrapur block panchayat samity S.Iswar Rao, panchyat samity member of Budubali panchayat Narasi Gangaranga, female nayab sarpanch of the same panchayat K.Mutika have rendered their resignation at the Chandrapur block office.
It was alleged that recently these elected representatives had received threats from leader of the Basadara Divisional Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation to resign or face dire consequences.
The elected representatives are mum about the reason behind their sudden resignation. In Feb. 2009 a sarpanch and seven ward members of Rasakola panchayat of Bisamkatak block in Rayagada district had resigned following naxal threats.
Along with it there were reports of resignations of some Special Police Officers (SPO) in same Chandrapur block. It may be noted that SPOs and village guards play a major role in maintenance of security in remote rural areas.
The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had directed the Rayagada district Collector Nitin Bhanudas Jawale to investigate and report about these resignations. Speaking to The Hindu the Rayagada district collector confirmed the resignation of three elected members of local bodies. “But in their resignation letters they have either cited their personal or health problems or their agony against functioning of the local Block Development Officer”, he said. Regarding the resignation of SPOs he said no resignation of any SPO had reached any police station or district police headquarter.
But at the grass root level security personnel and panchayat bodies are facing severe Maoist threat. Maoists blew up buildings of a panchayat offices and warehouses attached to them at Kangurkonda,
Telarai and Bodigata villages in Malkangiri district in May.
On May 6 night Maoists had damaged the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) office at remote Kudumuluguma under Orkel police station in Malkangiri district. In February eleven elected members of panchayats of cut off areas of Balimela reservoir in Malkangiri district had resigned. According to intelligence sources, the threat of Maoists was a major cause behind their resignation.
The Maoists claim they are damaging panchayat buildings so that they may not be used as camps by security forces during anti-Maoist operations. But as per police and administrative officials by keeping the elected panchayat bodies under the shroud of their terror and damaging the PDS storage units they want to keep people living in remote areas away from the pro-poor developmental programmes like MGNREGS. It is alleged to be part of their strategy to strengthen their base and ant-government propaganda in remote areas.
Added to it they have also started to create terror in the minds of grass root level policemen. They shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station in Malkangiri on May 16.
On May 11 night Maoists murdered two village guards at Katama village in Gajapati district.






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Rethink needed on tribal development programmes'

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‘Rethink needed on tribal development programmes'


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KORAPUT: There was a need to rethink the approaches towards a sustainable tribal development in a cultural perspective .This was more felt at a time when most of the tribal development programmes had failed terribly both at the planning and implementation levels, Jagabandhu Samal, retired professor of economics and a renowned researcher on tribal way of life, said here on Sunday. While in some cases, the programmes for them were unrealistic for not touching the roots of their problems, in other cases their skills and their needs were not understood and more importantly their cultural values were ignored.
Development did not happen as specified activities within the boundary of economics. It was a comprehensive and all encompassing process and thus embedded in culture, he added. According to Dr.Samal, the tribal people expressed their cultural identity and distinctiveness in their social and political organization, language, rituals and festivals as well as in their dress pattern, ornaments, technology, art and craft. There was a need of an anthropological approach to tribal development, he added.






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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Maoists confirm death of two of their cadres in Narayanpatna

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Maoists confirm death of two of their cadres in Narayanpatna


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Attack on the police station was averted on May 8


BERHAMPUR: Maoists confirmed that two of their cadres had died in the encounter with security forces in Narayanpatna block in Koraput district on May 9.
Through a press release sent to a vernacular daily they confirmed these deaths.
This release was signed by Bhaskar, the central zone secretary of the Andhra Orissa Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC).
One of the slain Maoists was Jeevan who was using aliases like Veeresh, Suryam or Prakash. He was part of the central region command of Maoist outfit.
The other Maoist cadre killed was Nandal alias Jagdish. He was working as a guard for the Maoists. The Maoists claimed that they had cremated both bodies in a secret place.
Reacting to this revelation the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda said the security forces during their combing operation following the encounter had come across ample proof that some Maoists had been killed and several others had been injured during the encounter in Narayanpatna block on May 8 night and following morning.
But police had not been able to seize anybody or nab any injured Maoist as the bodies were dragged away into the jungle.
It may be noted that a Maoist attack on Narayanpatna police station in Koraput district in south Orissa was averted by the vigilant joint effort of security personnel on May 8 night.
Heavy exchange of fire had occurred between the personnel of Special Operation Group (SOG) of Orissa Police, Greyhound forces from adjoining Andhra Pradesh on May 8 evening and on the morning next day in the forest near Podapadar under Narayanpatna police station limits. No security personnel were hurt in this encounter but as per Mr. Panda the marks of heavy bleeding and dragging of bodies at the spot of encounter hinted at casualties and injuries on Maoist side.
Now the Maoists have confirmed two deaths of their cadres in this incident.






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Maoists blast government building in Rayagada

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Maoists blast government building in Rayagada


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They left posters in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against them



Maoists had appealed to people to observe bandh through postersThey also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in rape of a woman


BERHAMPUR: Maoists blasted a government building and a mobile communication tower at Chandrapur in Rayagada district on Thursday night.
It was their effort to show up their presence during their bandh call in Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts of south Orissa on Friday to oppose ‘Operation Green Hunt'.
Vehicular traffic in these three districts was affected by the bandh call. This bandh call was given by the Basadara Divisional Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) organisation, which is active in these areas. Earlier the Basadara group had also included Koraput district in their bandh call but later they preferred to exclude it as it was not part of their operational area.
A strike by the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) staff federation in support of their six-point demands on Thursday helped the bandh call.
According to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Sanjeev Panda targeted the two soft targets at Chandrapur. It may be noted that Basadara Division has support base in Chandrapur and Gudari blocks of Rayagada district.
A group of armed Maoists reached the Chandrapur village on Thursday night. They planted landmines in the unused building of block level ‘Cluster Research Centre' and the room containing equipments of the BSNL mobile communication tower at Chandrapur. The Maoists preferred to escape into the near by jungle after the blast to avoid any encounter with security forces deployed in the area.
They left posters at the spot in which they protested against any proposed joint operation against Maoists. They also demanded action against police personnel allegedly involved in the rape of a woman in Khajuripada area.
In Rayagada district, vehicular traffic remained standstill due to fear of Maoists. No buses travelled from Rayagada to any other parts of the State. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Gudari and Chandrapur areas, while they remained open in other parts of the district.
Road blockade
Maoist and their supporters put up a road blockade at Pangalighati, near Daringbadi in Kandhamal district. Trees were also cut down in Kotgarh area to block roads. In adjoining Gajapati district, the effect of the naxal bandh was most evident in R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks. Maoists hampered vehicular traffic by felling trees at Nalaghat near Mandimera in Gajapati district.
The road communication between Berhampur and Rayagada was snapped as road was blocked by boulders and trees near Raipanka in Gajapati district. No buses travelled from Paralekhemundi to R.Udaygiri and Mohana blocks but passenger vehicles made their journey to other parts of the district and Berhampur via Andhra Pradesh. Shops remained closed in naxal infested areas like Mohana, Adaba and R.Udaygiri but in other parts of the district the bandh call had low impact.
While the traffic was cleared at Nalaghat by the security forces, efforts were on to clear the road between Bramhanigaon and Daringibadi in Kandhamal district. Police recovered Maoist posters from Daringbadi, Kotagada and Tumudibandh areas in Kandhamal district. In the posters, the Maoists had appealed to the people to observe bandh.






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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Maoists blow up warehouse building

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Maoists blow up warehouse building


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The same panchayat office was attacked by naxalites six months ago


BERHAMPUR: Maoists blew up a panchayat warehouse building at Badigata village in Orissa's Malkangiri district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Maoists have given a call for 48-hour bandh in Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Tuesday. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda, said the incident in Malkangiri district was the only Maoist violence reported in south Orissa till Wednesday evening.
“We are still too cautious and are taking all possible measures to check any attempt of naxal violence as there is still a night of the bandh call,” he said. The panchayat warehouse they destroyed was an unused one and the Maoists blasted it due to suspicion that it may be used by paramilitary forces engaged in the anti-Maoist operation, Mr. Panda added.
According to police sources, a group of armed Maoists stormed into Badigata village under Kalimela police station. They planted landmines in the warehouse of the panchayat office. They triggered the blasts from a distance to destroy the building. They escaped from the spot raising slogans against the proposed major joint operation by security forces against them. They claimed that they had destroyed the building as it was to be used as camp for security forces during anti-Maoist operations. It may be noted that the same panchayat office had been attacked by the naxalites around six months ago.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, Maoists are continuing their violence in remote areas of Malkangirti that borders Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Maoists shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station on Sunday. They blasted the office building and a godown of Telarai panchayat under the same Kalimela police station limits on Friday night.
The two-day bandh only affected vehicular traffic in some Maoist-affected districts of Orissa like Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Rayagada and Sundargarh. Owing to heavy presence of security forces road communication to Narayanpatna has not been disrupted by Maoists during recent bandh call.






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Maoist attack repulsed in Orissa

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Maoist attack repulsed in Orissa


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Signs of rebel casualties: DIG


BERHAMPUR/HYDERABAD: Security forces on Sunday morning repulsed a Maoist attack in the forests near Podapadar village in Narayanpatna block of Orissa bordering Andhra Pradesh. A company of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), which was ambushed by the security forces on Saturday evening, was involved. No casualties were reported.
Police in Orissa said some rebels were certainly injured in the ambush by the Special Operation Group with assistance from the Grey Hounds of Andhra Pradesh. Eight Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and a dozen kit bags of the rebels were seized from the scene of the first armed conflict.
The raid in Narayanpatna block, a stronghold of the Maoists, comes as a shot in the arm of the police forces, which have been targeted successfully by the Maoists in their recently launched nation-wide Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC).
Police sources in Hyderabad said Grey Hounds guided by the SOG teams moved into the difficult terrain with precise inputs about the presence of the PLGA company of 100 fighters. Over 150 People's Militiamen were also with them.
With the surprise element on the side of the police forces, the rebels who offered some resistance had to retreat into the forests. They regrouped and launched the Sunday morning attack, officers monitoring the raid from Hyderabad told The Hindu.
Since the rebels were equipped with automatic weapons and ‘matched the strength' of the police forces, the teams were moving slowly. “We have to take maximum precautions,” police officers said.
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major attack?
The presence of the PLGA company, Orissa police suspect, was meant for a major attack on police installations, possibly the Narayanpatna station in Koraput district.
According to DIG Sanjeev Panda the “signs of heavy bleeding and dragging of bodies at the spot of encounter hint at casualties and injuries.” However, police were unwilling to hazard any guess on the number of casualties.
“As we have not recovered any bodies, nothing can be said for sure about the number of Maoists who may have got hit by police bullets,” Mr. Panda said.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told newsmen in Bhubaneswar that some Maoists were injured during the encounter in Koraput district.
Koraput SP Anup Sahu also felt that the presence of a large number of Maoists hinted at plotting for a major attack.
There are two camps of the Border Security Force (BSF) near Narayanpatna town.






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Lack of amenities in residential schools in South Orissa

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Lack of amenities in residential schools in South Orissa


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Acute water crisis in 560 schoolsThe schools are managed by the ITDA


BERHAMPUR: The amenities and standard of education in the schools meant for tribals and dalits in South Orissa need much improvement.
As per reports furnished at a review meeting chaired by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, Chandrasekhar Kumar, the state of schools in remote areas of south Orissa needed much improvement.
Till now 337 schools in south Orissa did not have any electricity connection. The RDC directed the authorities to initiate measure so that these schools could be electrified either under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) of Central government or Biju Gramin Jyoti Yojana (BGJY) of State government. It was also found that 560 schools were reeling under water crisis as they did not have proper drinking water facility.
Although sanitation is said to be a major point in school education process, 6011 schools in south Orissa did not have any toilets in them. It is an irony that every year gastro epidemics recur in remote areas of south Orissa due to lack of sanitation and contamination of water sources .
In south Orissa 585 new residential schools for SC & ST are to be constructed. Work of 162 was complete and out of them 17 was in Ganjam district.
The residential schools and general schools for SC & ST students are managed by the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) and the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) development department of the State government. In recent past irregularities in some of these schools in parts of south Orissa had made headlines. There were frequent cases of elopement of students from hostels who alleged lack of proper amenities and teaching. There were also allegations of harassment of students by the teachers. Even some girl students were sexually exploited in a school by teachers and staff in Nabarangpur district. The result of students of these schools was also abysmal. It had led the administration review the state of these schools.
Mr. Kumar advised the officials of the Education department to stress on the improvement in the study of Mathematics, Science and English which would enable these students from remote areas to take up professional courses in future. He came up with plan to select five good students in each school and provide them special coaching to excel.






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Police, Maoists exchange fire


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BERHAMPUR: Security personnel got engaged in an exchange of fire with Maoists in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district in Orissa on Saturday evening.
According to sources the incident occurred inside Gumandi forest area near Podapadar under Narayanpatna police station limits. As per reports exchange of fire was continuing till 8.30 p.m. The spot of the incident was around 100 kilometres away from the district headquarter town of Koraput.
When contacted senior police officials said they were yet to get exact information from the place of encounter. It may be noted that Border Security Force (BSF) personnel are deployed in Naryanpatna block. Podapadar happens to be the home village of Nachika Linga the leader of controversial tribal organisation Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) alleged to be having links with naxals. Mr. Linga is also absconding and is being searched by police. In recent past CMAS and Mr. Linga had come up with a statement opposing deployment of central forces in Narayanpatna block for a proposed major onslaught against Maoists.






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Nalco unions stage protest

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Nalco unions stage protest

KORAPUT: All the recognised unions with the support of other unions of Nalco, Damanjodi demonstrated before the main gate of the refinery complex of the company on Saturday.
They were protesting against the proposed disinvestment plan of the Central government. In a meeting lasted for 45 minutes , the speakers alleged the government of ignoring the efforts of the employees in earning profits for the nation while considering disinvestment of profit making companies like Nalco.
However there was no effect of the demonstration on regular production in the refinery complex.



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They succeed against all odds

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Women SHGs cash in on Arhar in Koraput


KORAPUT: It is four months of hard work and every one in the SHG gets a profit of at least Rs.30,000. Suadei Mandinga, president of Maa Mutyaluma SHG from Laxmipur and Shakuntala Kuldip of Bijay SHG from Tayaput in Laxmipur block of the district, are just two names out of scores of women SHGs who have dared bring out the region from the trap of growing Maoist activities and the effect on economic growth. All these women have made a difference by collecting and processing Arhar, one of the prime products in Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon and Laxmipur blocks of the district .
While collecting raw materials from these blocks was a challenging task in view of frequent Maoist road blockades and security concerns, it could not stop Maa Mutyaluma SHG from raising its business to the tune of Rs.37 lakhs this year from a mere Rs.12,000 nine years ago. The SHG had received Rs.26 lakhs as loan from District Supply and Marketing Society (DSMS) at soft rate of interest to purchase 651 quintals of raw material to get at least 500 quintals of Arhar dal and sell at the rate of Rs.74 a kg. The group is sure to get a profit of Rs.11 lakhs as the DSMS has been making arrangements for marketing its produce.
This year, the DSMS provided a revolving fund of Rs.1.8 crores to 25 SHGs in Laxmipur , Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon blocks for purchasing Arhar and making dal from it in their own processing units being established, Rari Pianto, director, DSMS, said The activities were in full swing and the expected dal production would reach 3400 quintals within next few months . The turnover would be nearly Rs.2.5 crores and the SHGs could get a profit of Rs.40 lakhs collectively, he added.
The district administration had already placed orders with the groups for supplying the dal for its MDM and EFP programmes, Rajesh Pravakar Patil, district Collector, said .
This success story of SHG women has prompted the district administration to promote collective marketing and also village level semi processing of cashewnuts . The district had a plan to invest Rs.1 crore for the purpose this year , he added.






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Maoists blast school building

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Maoists blast school building


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BERHAMPUR: Maoists blasted rooms of a residential school for tribal girls at Dhepaguda in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district in Orissa on Saturday night.
Koraput Superintendent of Police Anup Sahu said no one was injured during the incident. Security personnel rushed to the area to investigate and search for the miscreants, he said. Maoists resorted to this act to show up their protest against the proposed major joint operation to be taken up in the area. The building of the school was their target as they alleged that the school building was to be utilised as camp for the security forces. But no security personnel camped in the school during the attack.
Sources say a group of armed Maoists, comprising female cadres, reached the residential school premises at around 9.30 p.m. They ordered the staff and students present in the hostel of the school to vacate the campus. Later, they planted explosives inside the rooms of the school and blasted them from a distance through a switching device connected through wires. Eyewitnesses say there were three blasts.
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The SP said the blasts did not make any major damage to the building. But the furniture of the school was damaged in the blast.
The irony was that the incident occurred at distance of two km from a camp of Border Security Force (BSF) in Narayanpatna block. Till now, the presence of paramilitary forces has not made any major impact on the activities of naxals and their frontal organisations, which are active in the area. Two major roads leading to Narayanpatna from Bandhugaon and Laxmipur remain blocked since a week. The Maoists had dug up the road and used cut down trees to block the Narayanpatna-Laxmipur road near Palur. They damaged a culvert by a blast on the Narayanpatna-Bandhugaon road. Now Narayanpatna can only be reached by a road via Damanjodi. The Maoists have also disrupted telecommunication services in Narayanpatna block. No telecommunication facility is available in most parts of the area. Maoists in the past have dug up communication cables and damaged mobile communication towers for it.






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Woman naxal surrenders

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Woman naxal surrenders


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BERHAMPUR: A 19-year-old female naxal commander Manita Kumbruka alias Kumari surrendered in Rayagada district of south Orissa on Saturday evening.
This girl from Jamba village under Bisamkatak police station in Rayagada district had joined the Maoists at a young age. She was also involved in the naxal attack on Nayagarh in 2008. Several cases of naxal violence were pending against her in different police stations of south Orissa.
She surrendered before the Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP), Anup Krishna in her olive green naxal uniform.
She said she had decided to leave the violent fold as she felt the Maoist organisation had totally deviated from the ideologies which were part of their propaganda. She also alleged that seniors of the violent organisation involved in violent corrupt anti-social activities and the lower cadres were being exploited by them. She was also attracted toward leading the life of a normal person.
Mr. Krishna said she would be rehabilitated as per the government norms with adequate security.
There are chances that she may reveal some key data regarding the operation of naxals in south Orissa as she happened to be the commander of Jangudi Dalam of the Maoist outfit. Later she joined the team of naxal commander Azad as a deputy commander.






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Jhodias agree to participate in census process

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Jhodias agree to participate in census process


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BERHAMPUR: The Jhodia community in Rayagada district on Saturday agreed to participate in the continuing census process.
The leaders of the community decided to provide their personal data to the enumerators following a meeting with the Rayagada district Collector, Nitin Bhanudas Jawale. It may be noted that the members of this community had declared to boycott the census process. The administration and census officials were making efforts to make the Jhodias realise that they were only going to lose by not participating in the census.
The Jhodias were boycotting the census process protesting against the non-inclusion of their community in the Scheduled Tribe list. The census process started in the State from April 7. Till now they have not cooperated with the enumerators visiting the area.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Jawale said the leaders of Jhodia community during the meeting with him realised cooperation to census process would help them in future.
The Collector said the census officials are to include whatever caste status any respondent declares. So, the Jhodias were free to declare themselves tribals to the enumerators.
“At least the Jhodias could understand that the census process was quite separate from their genuine demand to be included in the Scheduled Tribe list for which the process was on,” Mr. Jawale said.






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Tribals take out rally opposing Operation Green Hunt'

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Tribals take out rally opposing Operation Green Hunt'


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Some 5,000 tribals participate in the rally


BERHAMPUR: Armed tribals on Saturday took out a rally at Malkangiri town protesting against the ‘Operation Greenhunt', the proposed joint operation against Maoists parts of south Orissa, adjoining Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
This rally came up a day after the week-long ‘bandh' call by Maoists in south Orissa against ‘Operation Greenhunt', which ended on Friday. Around 5,000 tribals with their traditional arms like bows and arrows, axes, swords etc took part in this rally under the banner of ‘Malkangiri Zilla Adivasi Sangh'. These tribals were from remote naxal infested pockets of Malkangiri district. Armed security forces were deployed at Malkangiri town for the rally. But no untoward incidents were reported.
The tribals handed over a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister of Orissa to the Collector of Malkangiri. They demanded the ‘Operation Greenhunt' to be stopped as according to them it would lead to exploitation of tribals living in remote areas at the hands of security forces and their loss of livelihood. They also added up demands like provision of basic amenities in remote areas and tribal right over land on which they live.
Recently under different banners demonstrations are being taken up in naxal infested areas against any major joint operation against Maoists. On April 2, a large number of tribals, under the banner of Konda Reddy Unnayan Sangha (KRUS) made a demonstration at Malkangiri town opposing any major action against naxals to be taken up in their area. On April 15, a new outfit of tribal women named Biplabi Adivasi Mahila Sangh (BAMS) took out a rally in Maoist-hit Narayanpatna to protest against proposed special joint anti-Maoist operations in the area. The tribals also put up posters at several places in the district urging the State administration to refrain from such operation. It may be noted that Malkangiri and Koraput district of south Orissa adjoining Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and naxal-infested areas of Andhra Pradesh are key areas of proposed anti-Maoist operation. It was suspected that Maoists involved in the carnage of 76 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in!
Dantewada district may have slipped into these districts of Orissa. Already Border Security Force personnel are deployed in these districts.






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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Contractor shot dead in Malkangiri

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Contractor shot dead in Malkangiri


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Naxals resorted to this act on the last day of their week-long bandh in south Orissa



Maoists left two handwritten posters at the spotThey alleged that Ray was a police informer


BERHAMPUR: Maoists shot dead a road contractor in broad daylight in Malkangiri district of south Orissa on Friday.
The victim was alleged to be a police informer. Naxals resorted to this act on the last day of their week-long bandh call in south Orissa against the ‘Operation Greenhunt'. The incident occurred at MV-69 village under Kalimela police station at around 10 a.m. The victim was Chitta Ray, a construction contractor. He was shot dead in front of his son and labourers.
According to sources around 15 armed naxals, who were mostly dressed in plain clothes reached the village and searched for Ray. He was located near the construction site of a road near the village. He was monitoring the construction of road undertaken under the rural development project. Around 20 labourers were working at the spot. They were threatened not to oppose. The Maoists overpowered the opposition of Ray's son Chandan. Ray was dragged away and shot dead from close range. Bullets pierced his head and abdomen. To make the killing more gruesome, the naxals also smashed the head of the victim with a shovel from the construction site.
Maoists left two handwritten posters at the spot, through which they alleged that Ray was a police informer and locals had complained to Maoists about it. This killing came a day after Maoists killed a forester in Nuapada district of the State. Malkangiri SP Aniruddha Singh said extra security forces had been sent to the area.
The incident occurred at a distance of around four kilometers from the Kalimela police station, where at present the Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel are camping. In a way it was a direct challenge of the Maoists to the proposed joint operation against them in the area. Through this murder they also created panic in the minds of people living in remote areas who have links with police and administration.
They also continued their act of terrorisation of contractors involved in road construction work in remote naxal infested areas of Malkangiri district which also borders Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and naxal infested areas of Andhra Pradesh. In the past several contractors involved in road construction in the district and their machineries have fallen prey to Maoist violence.
The recent week-long economic blockade by Maoists in south Orissa proved that they now have the power to paralyse life in districts of south Orissa at any time. Vehicular movement was almost stopped in south Orissa in the wake of the bandh call from April 24.
This bandh call was against the paramilitary force mobilisation for a proposed special joint anti-Maoist operation in south Orissa. Despite the presence of BSF and Special Operation Group of Orissa Police, the security personnel could not clear up blockades put by Maoists in Koraput and Malkangiri districts. Most areas of Malkangiri district remained cut off from outside world due to threat of Maoists and their road blockades.






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Naxals blast landmine on State highway

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Naxals blast landmine on State highway


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Authorities initiate steps to repair the road



Blast creates a large hole on the road having depth of around five feetOSRTC stops plying of buses in view of naxal bandh call


BERHAMPUR: Maoists made a landmine blast on State highway near Laxmipur to snap road communication of Koraput with other districts of the State on Wednesday night.
Police administration took immediate steps to repair and make the road ready for traffic on Thursday. The personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) started combing operation in the area to track down the naxals involved in the blast.
This landmine blast was part of the continuing weeklong bandh of Maoists in south Orissa since April 24. According to police sources the place where the blast occurred was located between Tayaput and Laxmipur on the Koraput-Rayagada state highway. The blast occurred at around 7.30 pm. As there was no vehicular traffic on this road due to the naxal bandh, no one was injured. Police took caution not to reach the spot at night as it was raining and there were chances of ambush by naxals as the spot happens to be a ghat road inside jungle.
Inspection of the spot on Thursday morning revealed that the blast had created a large hole on the road having depth of around five feet. The wires from the blast site lead to a place more than 300 meters from the spot.
This road is now under construction and it was suspected that naxals had planted this powerful explosive under the road to target the security personnel. But the blast may have occurred due to some technical snag caused due to rain and wind. Luckily no one became victim.
Panic of naxal violence has put Koraput and Malkangiri districts under seize during their week long bandh call, while it has got much impact on Rayagada and Gajapati districts. The Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has stopped plying buses in naxal-infested south Orissa during the bandh.
The OSRTC buses remained off roads in Phulbani-Paralakhemundi, Mohana-Rayagada-Gajapati, Jeypore-Motu, Jeypore-Baipariguda-Kosagumuda and Jeypore-Machakund routes.
In most Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Gajapati districts private bus owners have also suspended bus services due to naxal threat.






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Roads to Narayanpatna blocked again

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Roads to Narayanpatna blocked again


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Efforts on to clear road blockades, says SP


BERHAMPUR: Maoists have again cut off Narayanpatna block in Koraput district from outside world.
On Monday night they cut down trees near Palur to block the Narayanpatna-Laxmipur road. It may be noted that on Friday night Maoists had dug up the road and cut down trees to block the Narayanpatna-Bandhugaon road. A road leading to Narayanpatna via Damanjodi has also been dug up at several places.
Maoists have tried to cut off road communication to the area as part of their week-long bandh call in south Orissa against the proposed ‘Operation Greenhunt' against them to be taken up in the area.
The Koraput Superintendent of Police (SP), Anup Sahu said efforts were being made to clear up the road blockades on the roads to Narayanpatna. It may be noted that Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been deployed in this area, which is said to be one of the major strongholds of Maoists in the the State .
On Monday the Deputy Inspector General (DIG), south-west range, Sanjeev Panda, Koraput SP and Collector had reached Narayanpatna block headquarter by helicopter to take note of the situation.
They surveyed the deployment of Central forces in the area and the camps of the BSF. It may be noted that air surveillance by helicopters is continuing in the area against the Maoists.
Narayanpatna block is facing regular road blockades and disruption of telecommunication by the naxals. Earlier this month Maoists had blocked the roads leading to Narayanpatna.
They have again resorted to same antic a few days after the security forces opened up the roads for traffic.
It is alleged most of the time the road clearance work is delayed due to lack of proper cooperation from the Public Works Department and administration to the police for the road clearance work.
The Koraput SP Mr. Sahu said they were providing all possible security cover and the services of bomb disposal squad for the clearance of road blockades, yet the Public Works Department (PWD) was not taking up road clearance work.
The police officials working in the area said with proper cooperation from other departments they could succeed in curbing this continuing menace of road blockades by Maoists in Narayanpatna area.
But they are yet to get that timely cooperation from the public works department.
It was alleged that engineers of the department were reluctant to reach out to the area due to threat of Maoists.






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Court directive to five juvenile CMAS activists

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Court directive to five juvenile CMAS activists


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These minors will be shifted to juvenile home in Berhampur today


BERHAMPUR: Five of the arrested activists of the controversial Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) of Narayanpatna block of Koraput district were ascertained to be minors by the Laxmipur court on Monday.
These five arrested minors would be shifted to the juvenile home in Berhampur on Tuesday after being produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jeypore, said their lawyer, Nihar Ranjan Patnaik.
These juvenile CMAS activists were lodged in the Koraput district jail since their arrest around three months ago . Different social and civil rights activists had alleged among the persons arrested on charges of being CMAS members, there were minors, who were not to be cloistered with criminals inside a regular jail.
Even the District Probationary Officer of Koraput had also recommended for medical check up of suspected juvenile activists of CMAS arrested from Narayanpatna area and put in Koraput jail. The State government had to order for medical check up of the suspected juveniles.
Following the order of the State government, eight arrested CMAS activists who were suspected to be minors were sent for medical examination to ascertain their age earlier this month.
The lawyer of these CMAS activists, Mr. Patnaik said they had also pleaded that other proofs of age like school leaving certificates had also to be taken into account.
The eight suspected juveniles along with their medical test reports, documental evidences of age were produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JFMC), Laxmipur. The JFMC took into account the school leaving certificates of four and the medical report of one, to accept the five as minors. The five boys were Sana Huika, Puala Malati, Mandingi Sima, Himrika Madan, Toma Bingadika.
“This decision of the court declared that it was a grave error to put these minors in a regular jail along with criminals and they had to be immediately shifted to a juvenile home, “Mr Patnaik said.
The Koraput jail authorities said they were making arrangements so that the five minors could be shifted to the juvenile home in Berhampur.






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Monday, April 26, 2010

Naxal bandh: Malkangiri remains cut off

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Naxal bandh: Malkangiri remains cut off


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No violence in State on the second day of the week-long protest against ‘operation green hunt'



Maoists cut down trees to block roadsTrains being operated amid tight security


BERHAMPUR: Maoists tried to show up their presence through road blockades, posters and banners on Sunday, the second day of their week-long bandh call in south Orissa against the ‘operation green hunt' against them.
No major incidents of violence were reported. Yet the panic of Maoists disrupted normal life in areas of Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada districts. The Koraput-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand express had to be stopped at Laxmipur station and a suspicious briefcase was checked up by the bomb squad due to panic caused by the unclaimed luggage. But the briefcase was found to be packed with dresses.
Road communication was completely disrupted in Malkangiri district which remained cut off from other parts of the State due to road blockades put by naxals at Govindpalli ghat road. There were no vehicles plying between district headquarters town of Malkangiri to places like Chitrakonda, Kalimela, Motu and Padia. Maoists cut down trees to block the Chitrakonda-Janabai road and also the road communication between Chitrakonda and adjoining Andhra Pradesh. Police sources said naxals had resorted to this to keep the cut off areas of Chitrakonda reservoir under their hold. In Koraput district some more roads of the district apart from the ones in Narayanpatna block faced naxals wrath. The Ankadili-Machhkund road was blocked by felling trees, disrupting the road traffic to the hydel power production unit at Machhkund. The road communication between Ankadili and Jeypore was also disrupted.
Maoists blocked the road communication between Bandhugaon and Almanda so that no vehicle from Bandhugaon could travel to Parvatipuram in Andhra Pradesh. Naxal posters against ‘operation green hunt' also appeared at several new places in the district including Lubaba village of Nandapur block. Vehicular traffic was also disrupted to large extent in the district.
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In Rayagada district vehicular traffic was hit by the Maoist terror in most places except Rayagada town and Gunupur. No buses entered the Chandrapur block. It may be noted that the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has stopped plying buses to naxal-affected areas. Most offices in these naxal-hit districts had thin attendance. The train services continued amidst tight security. The drivers, guards and station superintendents have been instructed by the East Coast Railway authorities to take extreme precautions.






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Maoist bandh begins with violence

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Maoist bandh begins with violence


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BERHAMPUR: Maoists started their week-long bandh call in south Orissa from Saturday through acts of violence in Koraput and Malkangiri districts to create panic in the minds of common mass on Friday night.
They have given this call for this week ‘economic blockade' to oppose the proposed ‘Operation Greenhunt'. They showed up their fangs in Malkangiri district and Narayanpatna area in Koraput district to show up their antagonism to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed in the area.
A group of armed Maoists and their supporters stuck at Podapadar in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district. They damaged two uninhabited government quarters there.
One of these quarters was meant for the Livestock Inspector and the other was for the Auxiliary Nurse & Midwife (ANM). According to Koraput Superintendent of Police (SP), Anup Sahu, the naxals and their supporters used digging instruments to damage these two newly constructed residential quarters for government employees. They escaped into the jungle after the attack.
Maoists dug up the road and cut down trees to block the Narayanpatna-Bandhugaon road.
The road was dug up at a place just four kilometers from Narayanpatna. The road was also dug up at another place and trees were cut down at few places to stop traffic on it.
This road had been cleared up from road blockades of Maoists just a few days back. The Maoists preferred to strike at Govindpalli ghat road at Malkangiri-Koraput district border to prove that they still rule in the area where they had killed 11 security personnel in landmine blast on April 4.
They cut down trees to block the road at Govindpalli ghat disrupting road communication between Malkangiri and Jeypore in Koraput district.
In most places Maoists left banners and posters against the proposed major joint operation against them.
They threatened of dire consequences like that of recent Dantewada carnage if ‘Operation Greenhunt' was not stopped.Road communication was hampered in big way in south Orissa due to this bandh call. The Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) stopped plying its buses to naxal-infested areas of Kandhamal, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri districts.






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Maoists blast mobile tower

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Maoists blast mobile tower


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They also ransack Indian Made Foreign Liquor shop



Naxals' week-long bandh begins todayPosters are left at Kudumulgumma in Malkangiri after the attack


BERHAMPUR: Maoists blasted a mobile communication tower and ransacked an Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) shop at the block headquarters town of Kudumulgumma in Malkangiri district of south Orissa on Thursday midnight.
The attack came a day before the week-long bandh call given by Maoists from Saturday in the areas of south Orissa, bordering Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It is also seen as a challenge to the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel now posted in Malkangiri and Koraput districts for a proposed major joint operation against naxalites.
They left posters at Kudumulgumma after their attack. They called upon inhabitants to observe the bandh against the ‘operation green hunt'. They warned the government of facing dire consequence if the ‘operation green hunt' was taken up against them.
According to the police sources, around 50 armed Maoists reached Kudumulgumma town at around 11 p.m. First they targeted the IMFL shop. Some local sympathisers also accompanied them.
Later, their target was the mobile communication tower of Airtel. They threatened the watchman to leave the place and set afire the tower and the gadgets after attempts to trigger an explosion failed. The generator room and some equipment of the tower were damaged. Later, they escaped into the nearby jungle.
On January 20 night, Maoists destroyed an IMFL shop and targeted a mobile communication tower at Kudumulgumma. They used those violent means to publicise their economic blockade and bandh call on January 25 and 26. They again resorted to similar action before their week-long bandh call from Saturday.
Borders sealed
Meanwhile, the BSF personnel posted in Malkangiri and Koraput districts have started their anti-naxal operation. The remote villages are being searched for suspicious outsiders. Aerial survey is also being done over forests prior to launch of the proposed anti-Maoist operations in Koraput and Malkangiri districts which are adjacent to Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh where the naxalites massacred 76 CRPF personnel on April 6. Some of the Maoists involved in the gruesome ambush are suspected to have migrated to remote areas of Koraput and Malkangiri districts. The borders of these two districts with Andhra and Chhattisgarh have been sealed to check entry of ultras before the week-long bandh call.






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Maoists call week-long bandh in two districts


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Protest against ‘operation green hunt' in south Orissa



Posters appear in remote areasPolice are on high alert, says DIG


BERHAMPUR: Maoists have given a week-long bandh call in Koraput and Malkangiri districts of south Orissa from Saturday against the ‘operation green hunt' being planned against them in the area.
Posters for the bandh appear in remote areas of Koraput and Malkangiri districts. These two naxal-affected districts of south Orissa are key areas in the proposed joint operation by security forces in Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It is also suspected that Maoists involved in the carnage of 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh have migrated to remote areas of Koraput and Malkangiri districts.
The naxal posters for the bandh call have appeared in Onkadila, Baipariguda, Machhkund, Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon and Padia areas of Koraput district. Similar posters for the week-long bandh call have also come up in remote pockets of Kalimela and Kudumulguma areas of Malkangiri district. However, no posters have appeared in other parts of south Orissa. Through the posters the naxals have demanded stopping of ‘operation green hunt' and withdrawal of Central paramilitary forces from the tribal pockets. To woo the general masses, they have also included the issue of price rise in their posters. Sanjeev Panda, Deputy Inspector General of Police, south-west range, said the police in Koraput and Malkangiri district were on high alert for the bandh call. According to him, the security forces were taking all possible measures to restrain the Maoists from terrorising the public during the bandh call.
Similar posters and pamphlets of Maoists calling for a bandh opposing ‘operation green hunt', displacement and price rise appeared in parts of Kandhamal district a few days ago. The bandh call had little impact in the area. But the Maoists cut down three trees at Polaguda on Tuesday night to block the Brahmanigaon-Daringbadi road.
Maoists also blocked the Shergarh-Sorada road in Ganjam district on Wednesday near Manikpur.






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Koraput: The JKPM open volleyball tournament came to an end with East Coast Railway, Vizag lifting this year's champions' cup. While NSTL, Vizag won the runners' cup, Balasore Sports Club, Balasore remained at third position. P.Ramnath, chief operating officer of J.K.Paper Mills attended as the chief guest .



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Enrolment drive for children to be launched next month

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Enrolment drive for children to be launched next month


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KORAPUT: Special enrolment drive for the children to join schools in Koraput district would be launched in a big way from next month, Prashant Kumar Das, DPC, Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan said at Koraput on Saturday.
He was speaking at a coordination meeting with the NGOs and eminent personalities seeking their support to make the drive successful.
The campaign with an aim to create awareness among the people on the importance of education, would take the support of the traditional form of desia naat for effective dissemination of the message.
Expressing his concern over non functioning of the schools in many parts of the district in addition to the teacher absentism, he said that with the spread of the salient features of the right to education act among the masses through such campaigns these challenges could also be overcome effectively .
In order to achieve greater retention percentage in the schools special summer camps for the slow learners and engaging short term volunteers to create interest among the newly admitted children in the schools were planned as a part of the process. Each of the children joining in the school would be given attractive educational kit. While the resources of the district will be utilised for the campaign, UNICEF had contributed Rs.65 Lakhs for the process, he added.






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School of health sciences coming up in Koraput


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Plan to open it in the next one yearCentre for tribal welfare is also on the anvil


KORAPUT: Central University of Orissa is coming up with school of health sciences here in the next one year, according to Surabhi Banerjee, professor.
Action plan
While the action plan for setting up the much-awaited medical college at Koraput is in progress, the university will have various courses on paramedical and allied health sciences like nursing and medical lab technicians. Jamia Hamdard University of New Delhi and Narayan Hridayalaya of Banagalore have expressed their keenness to extend technical support to the university.
The school of health sciences could go a long way in creating grassroot level health professionals from the youth in the region with the guidance of the advisory committee to be formed with the involvement of local medicos.
Further, centre for tribal welfare and community development is another proposal by the university.
The centre will be launched in June this year for the integral development of the region with more and more youth getting opportunities.
Short-term courses
The centre will conduct need-based short-term skill development programmes for the youth apart from enriching their knowledge base.






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It's hunting time for tribals

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It's hunting time for tribals


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Month-long Chaita Parab begins


KORAPUT: Chaita Parab, one of the most important festivals of tribals in Koraput region, began in many parts of the district on Wednesday. While the month-long festival includes dances and other forms of entertaining moments for the men and women of the community, the main attraction remains attached to the practice of hunting during the period. Men, young and old set out to the forest in search of animals and birds and return home only after killing some as a matter of pride to be presented before their women folk.
However, the increasing presence of security forces in response to the growing Maoist activities in the region, moving of tribals in the forest could be severely affected, says Sanyasi Pujari, tourist officer.
Naxals' presence
As a matter of practice, the tribals remain in the forest for days together during the festive month with their hunting instruments in search of animals and birds. But the movement of the suspected Maoists and the possible combing operation by the security forces might restrict the joy of the journey to the forests.
The communities are needed to be made aware of the present situation embedded with the security concerns so as to ensure their safety and welfare, he says.






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Nabarangpur doctors threaten to go on mass leave


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The MLA allegedly manhandled a doctorWithdrawal of cases registered against doctor demanded


BERHAMPUR: The government doctors in Nabarangpur district of Orissa have decided to go on mass leave from March 17 demanding arrest of an MLA of the ruling BJD who allegedly manhandled a doctor on duty.
The members of the Nabarangpur unit of the Orissa Medical Service Association (OMSA) took the decision of cease work at a general body meeting of the association. The secretary of the Nabarangpur unit of the OMSA, Bismay Raut, said the general body meeting was held at Umerkote on Saturday night. Dr. Raut said they had to opt for the hard decision as their talks with the administration had failed and they were not satisfied with the action initiated against the culprits behind the attack on the doctor.
“We have told the administration that unless adequate legal action is taken against the MLA by March 16, our members will go on mass leave from the next day. Around 38 government doctors posted in Nabarangpur district will take part in the agitation.”
Decision deferred
Earlier, the members of the association decided to observe cease work on March 9 for the same demands. But they had deferred their cease work following promises from the administration. They had opted for wearing black badges instead. The doctors decided to renew their agitation as the administration and police have allegedly failed to take proper action, Dr. Raut said.
Demands
The agitated doctors of the district have been demanding the arrest of the Nabarangpur MLA, Manohar Randhari, and his associates who allegedly manhandled a doctor on duty in the district on March 6. It is alleged that the Nabarangpur MLA and his associates had manhandled the doctor posted at Tentulikhunti Community Health Centre (CHC), Brajakishore Giri, on that day. It had happened during a function organised for distribution of cycles to Asha volunteers. Dr. Giri had filed a complaint against the MLA and his associates. According to police sources, the MLA has also lodged a counter FIR against Dr. Giri.
The agitating doctors have demanded the ‘false' cases lodged against Dr. Giri be withdrawn and he to be posted away from Tentulikhunti.






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Trader killed in broad daylight


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Reason yet to be ascertainedManhunt launched to nab culprits


BERHAMPUR: Suspected Maoists killed a trader, Mandia Loknath Sahu, at Nilabadi village in Bandhugaon block of Koraput district on Wednesday. The murder occurred in a broad daylight. The victim was shot at from close range and the assailants also slit his throat with sharp weapons to confirm his death. All this occurred in the heart of the village.
According to sources, the attackers were four in number and they came in a four wheeler. Loknath was in the village market. The assailants called him to the middle of the road to murder him in front of villagers.
Koraput Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Sahu said the modus operandi of the act hinted that it may be an act of Maoists. This suspicion is strengthened as no localite could identify the assailants, who seemed to be from outside the area. A manhunt was started in the area following the murder to nab the culprits.
The reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained. But tension mounted in the area as the deceased was being opposed by the Bandhugaon group of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS). The group was to hold a women's rally at Nalabadi on Wednesday. In the past the deceased had faced the ire of Bandhugaon group of the CMAS as the organisation alleged him to be involved in a gang rape. His patches of land had been taken over by the supporters of the organisation and he had to leave his parental home at Jabada village to live at Nalabadi. Loknath's family members pointed fingers at the activists of the organization.
CMAS denies charge
But the adviser of the Bandhugaon group of the CMAS, Srikant Mohanty, denied the allegation. Mr. Mohanty said although they were protesting against the activities of Loknath, they were in support of mass movement and did not believe in individual annihilation. It may be noted that this group had parted ways with its Narayanpatna counterpart due to difference over use of violence against individuals in the name of mass movement. It was always alleged that the CMAS of Narayanpatna led by Nachika Linga had Maoist links. In recent past Maoists had also pasted posters at Kendruka against some activists of the Bandhugaon CMAS.
Mr. Sahu said the Maoists may be making efforts to unite the Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon CMAS groups and the murder of a man opposed by the Bandhugaon group may be a step towards it. During his speech in the State Assembly, Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare had also commented that “attempts by Maoists to replicate a Lalgarh type campaign in Narayanpatna area in Koraput district has been dealt with firmly.”






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Over 15,000 throng job fair

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Over 15,000 throng job fair


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KORAPUT: More than 15,000 youths from different parts of the district faced interviews in the mega job fair held at Koraput stadium on Wednesday. While it was for the first time that such a huge number of job aspirants being gathered at one place, all the 19 companies participating from different cities in the country, had enough reasons to cheer about. Even though the number of aspirants for getting appointed as security guards was higher than other channels of employment, there was no less crowd of youth for being recruited as HR personnel in different companies.
District Collector Rajesh Pravakar Patil inaugurated the fair. While there were equal number of boys and girls who had to return home without a success in finding jobs, the successful business that the local traders made in the day by delivering passport photographs for the aspirants and photocopying their certificates was a source of inspiration towards self-employment.






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MSSRF centre to have training facilities for tribal youth

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MSSRF centre to have training facilities for tribal youth


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The research foundation has been carrying out the novel ideas of Prof. Swaminathan


KORAPUT: Launching of training facilities for tribal youth will be made in the human resource development centre at M.S. Swaminathan research foundation (MSSRF), Jeypore on March 13, according to Prashant Kumar Parida, scientist from MSSRF.
The building, which was supported by the Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, will have full-fledged facilities including residential facility for imparting training to the rural poor on various aspects.
Shining example
MSSRF at Jeypore has been engaged itself in the promotion of a non-basumati scented rice, Kalajeera, which is a shining example of how the traditional ones could be purified, made to yield more and fetch double the price of other varieties with proper market linkage.
Promoting cultivation and value addition and providing drudgery free machines to the villagers will go a long way to promote cultivation of nutritious but neglected millets.
The efforts made by the foundation in 25 villages on bio-village, livelihood, organic agriculture, micro enterprises, water management and promoting off -season vegetable cultivation through summer irrigation are all measures taken to improve the living standards of the people.
The community grain-seed bank is another initiative which helps the poor villagers to tide over the lean seasons and make sure that quality seeds are available during the sowing season.
While the research foundation is carrying out the novel ideas of Prof. Swaminathan to bridge the gap in knowledge by taking the ICT to villages through its village resource centre and village knowledge centres in Koraput district, this training facility will go a long way in linking the tribal youth with the development process, he says.






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