BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to continue with the scheme to provide financial incentives to the tribal patients to draw them to hospitals.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today.
NABARANGPUR: An amount Rs 100 crore will be spent under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the current financial year in the district and 64.54 lakh mandays created.
This was informed by Collector Roopa Mishra during a review meeting here recently.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will build two more check dams on the lower catchments of Indravati river to tackle drinking water scarcity in Nabarangpur district.
This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
BHUBANESWAR: A State tatetate-wide agitation will be launched by the Youth Congress against the government on the issues of multi-crore mining scam and suicide of farmers, said Pradip Majhi, president of Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress (OPYC) today.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has sought a report from the Chhattisgarh Government on the likely impact of diversion weir under construction on the lower stream of Indravati and Bhaskel rivers on the bordering villages of Kossamguda block in Nabarangpur district.
NABARANGPUR: Spectre of a drought-like situation haunts farmers in this predominantly tribal district due to insufficient rains during the recent kharif season. Being an agrarian district, 90 percent population here depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Bereft of irrigation facilities, the farming community largely depend on rains for agriculture.
The Orissa government has decided to set up a new renewable energy park at Nawarangpur.
The Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA), the nodal agency of the Orissa government for promotion of new and renewable energy, has prepared the detailed project report (DPR) for it.
