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Phulbani – Subrata Jain Kandhamal district’s Tumudibandh block has provided assistance to the families affected by the storm and heavy rains within 12 hours of the local MLA Chakramani Kanhar. The families whose houses were destroyed immediately supplied asbestos and tin with their own money Along with the MLAs, Baliguda Constituency Barrist Leader Tuna Dash, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Councilor Abnikant Naik, Tumudibandh Panchayat Samiti Adhaksha Basanti Majhi met the major affected families. Barista leader Mr. Tuna Dash informed the District Magistrate Ved Bhushan over the phone about how the various schools, churches, electricity communication, drinking water services can be speeded up in the most affected area of ​​Malipada village. He also reviewed the damaged houses, damaged crops and the status of electricity and communication systems in various panchayats of the block. . In particular, people complained about the destruction of houses, inundation of crops and loss of crops and long-term power outages. With this, the district administration was informed to provide suitable assistance and compensation from the government. . MLA Chakramani Kanhar said that all departments are working in coordination to restore normal life in the cyclone-affected areas. The MLA’s visit was welcomed by the locals with a huge bike rally from Tumudibandh College The villagers of Malipada welcomed the present leaders with flowers and sandalwood The MLA’s visit to the affected villages seemed to bring comfort to the affected families

Daringbadi Ta: 7/6 (Salmon Bindhani) A friendly cricket tournament was organized at Kinari village of Daringbadi Block Brahmanigaon Panchayat of Kandhamal District, which started from 14th of May and continued till 7th of June. Kandhamal on Sunday. The final match was played between Brahmanigaon and Damadua team of Gajapati district, in which Brahmanigaon team won. Brahmanigaon team won by 111 runs in 12 overs, while Damadua team lost 106 runs in 8 wickets after playing 12 overs. Later, a prize giving ceremony was organized in the playground, in which MLA Prafulla Chandra Pradhan of Ghu Udayagiri Constituency attended as the chief guest, while the honorable guests were Brahminigaon Sarpanch Nittha Mallik, Samiti Jamiara Jalita Majhi, Gadapur Sarpanch Kumari Mallik, Siangbali Sarpanch Andrik BJP President, Pramod Daksha Kumaral, Congress Block President, Brahmigani. Mandal President Ganesh Daqua, General Editor Shyam Mahakud and other guests attended. While trophies and awards were presented by the guests, the best player of the tournament was Sahan Samad Sunder of Brahmanigaon team and the best bowler and man of the match award was given to Rahul Samad Sunder. Srikanth Nayak of Damadua team was awarded the best batsman award. The Damadua team was awarded as the team for maintaining peace and order. The organizing committee of the tournament, led by Ashok Beher Dallei, editor Kunal Dayal, led by Ajit Beher Dallei, Akshay Kumar Pan, Bhagi Pan, Aloy Dana Vishoi, Golak Dana Vishoi and the youth of the village, self-help women and villagers joined together to help in the management of the tournament. did. Brahmanigaon police team was present and maintained peace and order.

Malkangari, 7th June 2026: Today Malkangari District Magistrate Anakash Arvind Rajshirke visited Jafra Nursery located at Naglur Village of Populur Gram Panchayat under Chittakkonda Block. This nursery has been implemented by ITDA Malkangari under Setu programme. A total of 3 Zafra nurseries have been set up in Chittagong block area, and they have a production capacity of about 8 lakh saplings. The District Collector was very happy to see the condition and maintenance of the seedlings in the nursery. Additional District Collector Rajsab Vedbar Pradhan, Project Administrator ITDA Haldhar Shabar, Chief District Agriculture Officer Anil Praharaj and Project Manager ITDA Vishwanath Mishra were present in the visiting team. The District Collector directed all concerned officials to complete the digging of ditches and planting of saplings within the time frame. Similarly, the project administrator advised ITDA to take steps to set up a Zafra Mandi for proper procurement and marketing of Zafra seeds from Zafra farmers. The local people of Populur gram panchayat discussed with the District Collector and requested for gravity based piped water supply system for drinking water and irrigation facilities. Along with this, they also raised demands regarding the grant of FRA lease. In response to this, the District Collector suggested to submit the information related to the land occupied for more than 75 years. The people of Konda Reddy community agreed to earn their livelihood through saffron cultivation and promised not to grow cannabis if they get support for saffron cultivation. At the end of the visit, District Governor Jafra took a group photo with the farmers and stakeholders and expressed his appreciation for the efforts and encouraged the local people for active participation.

Kandhamal 7/06/026 (Fast News Odisha) Kandhamal child line department is in coma. Urgent surgery required. Contacting the child line department does not get a response on the phone. It has to be obeyed. The double benefit of the government is getting double benefits. Although this government has been involved in the problems and regrets for many years during its rule, the child line of Kandhamal district, which receives salary from the government, has failed completely. Complaints of district residents regarding neglect of services. It is true that the government is making various plans for the people but if you look at it, it is the reverse. Neither is it to prevent child marriage, nor is it to rescue children, laborers, or abused children. Therefore, while there is a lack of awareness and initiatives of Childline in Kandhamal district, Childline employees have become a topic of discussion for disputing various complaints in the district. In this case, seeing the work order of Child Line, the residents of the district expressed their grief and criticized in every block of the district that they no longer trust and trust Child Line. He expressed his grief in the minds of the people due to the lack of service due to the problems faced by the people at various times. In this direction, there are many complaints such as not answering calls on time, late arrival of rescuers in emergency situations and irregularity in child protection houses. And despite giving information about child marriage and child labor, it has been seen that the local administration and Childline are neglecting to take strong action. Some of the major issues and problems faced by the district residents of Kandhamal district regarding Childline services are that the team is not able to reach the spot on time even after giving information to rescue child laborers or abused children. There appears to be a lack of awareness and action, with Childline staff not taking complaints seriously or giving advice. Even though it will be 6 months of child marriage, the son’s name is Rakesh Dagyal, father, Balmiki Dagyal, born on 11/05/2009, and the girl’s name is Bishnupriya Dagyal, father, Pratap Dagyal, born on 23/08/2010, village panchayat, Gochhapada village, Rakadi. And it has been accused for a month. The father of Lisa Kahar of Block Firingia Village Panchayat Pahiraju Village Gabarnala Village is known to be Bharat Kahar 16 years old while the son’s name is Til Malik Pakari Village Panchayat Sakaripada. Even if many cases are reported to the child line in the district, no action is taken and will not be done. Therefore, on behalf of Kandhamal district, the government is requested to revive the child line. Residents of Kandhamal waiting for the government’s order I

Malkangiri, 07 June 2026: Marathon preparations have been started by the Malkangiri district administration to make the upcoming elections transparent and orderly. Voter awareness program has been held today in various blocks of the district along with a large scale review meeting. 147- An important meeting was held in Mathil block under the chairmanship of Additional District Magistrate and ERO Somnath Pradhan to speed up the election process of Chitrakonda Constituency. It reviewed the progress of voter registration form distribution and special information registration and a doubt clearing session was conducted to clear all the doubts of the field staff. The meeting was attended by Matheli Vidyo, Assistant District Election Officer and Nodal Officers. On the other hand, in Chittagong block, negligence in election work is not tolerated. The booth level officers and supervisors whose performance was less than 50 percent, Chittagong video, Tehsildar and Additional Tehsildar reviewed with a strict approach and gave clear instructions to take immediate improvement in the work. To alert the voters, 146-Malkangiri Constituency Deputy Commissioner and ERO Duryodhan Bhoi descended on Autuma Maidan. Chonab workshops were organized today at X Board Higher Primary School and B.B. Guda Government Higher Primary School in Malkangari. Through this program, local people are educated about voter registration and their rights in a democracy.

Shubham K Mart M.B. under the special campaign on behalf of the Pink SUP team under the direction of District Collector Madhusudan Das with the aim of making Nuapada district single-use plastic (SUP) free. The mall has undergone an extensive renovation. During the campaign, more than 1 quintal of banned single-use plastic items were seized from the shop and a fine of Rs. 25,000 was levied for violating the rules. During the raids, the sale counters of the shops, warehouses and other storage areas were inspected. During the inspection, large quantities of prohibited single-use plastic materials were found to be stored and used. Later, all the prohibited items were seized and legal action was taken. Jal Bibhajika Additional Director Prabha Singh, Additional Treasury Officer Madhusmita Parija, District Labor Officer Jasmin Sahu, District Coordinator Anil Kumar Lenka, CDPO Nirupa Nag, BDO Rohit Kumar Bhoi and BRC Abinash Mohapatra were present at the meeting. The shop authorities have been given a stern warning that if such violations are repeated in future, strict action will be taken up to sealing of shops and cancellation of licences. District Collector Madhusudan Das has called upon the residents and businessmen of the district to stop the use and sale of single-use plastic and join the environmental protection campaign. The administration has said that in the coming days, the campaign will continue in a more extensive manner in order to free the entire SUP from the district.

Biswanath Samal’s report from Nuapada, Fast News Odisha

Nuapada: On the occasion of World Environment Day, a massive awareness and tree planting program was organized by Khariar Road notified area council at M.C.C. and MRF. Park, Jongk Shanti Garden. On this occasion, Khariar Road District Council Chairman. Sonia Jain, Executive Officer Kamlasan Rath along with officers and staff of various departments were joined by members of many social organizations. The program created awareness about the importance of environmental protection, cleanliness and greening. The guests called for planting more and more trees and taking care of them to maintain the ecological balance. On this occasion, messages related to tree plantation program and environmental protection were given. All of them took the decision to create a green, clean and healthy environment. The initiative was aimed at increasing environmental awareness in the local area and also sent a message to the public about environmental protection

Biswanath Samal’s report from Nuapada, Fast News Odisha

Baliguda: 6/06/2026 (Fast News Odisha) Odisha vigilance has launched a massive crackdown against Baikunth Nath Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of Kandhamal ITDA, Baliguda, on the charge of embezzlement. On Saturday, a large team led by two additional SPs of Vigilance conducted simultaneous searches in Bhubaneswar, Baripada, Dharamchaya in Jajpur and Baliguda in Kandhamal. The search was conducted on the basis of the search warrant issued by the Hon’ble Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar while the team included 2 additional SPs, 5 DSPs, 6 inspectors and other personnel. The vigilance has searched 9 places of Mr. Behera in Bhubaneswar, including four-storey, three-storey and two-storey buildings. It also includes his father’s house, relatives’ residence, office space in Baliguda and government residence. Various properties, documents and information related to investments are checked during the search. However, the Vigilance has not released any clear information about the amount or value of the property as the investigation continues. Meanwhile, the vigilance team reached the government residence in Baliguda and conducted an inspection