People in 197 villages of three coastal districts of Orissa continued to remain marooned even as flood water receded in most places.
Urgent steps are needed to repair cracks in the legal education system in the country keeping in view the changing needs of society in the era of globalisation, former chief justice of India GB Pattnaik has said.
Prafulla Behera was once the toast of his village football and kabbadi teams. Today, over a decade later, a 49-year-old wheelchair bound Behera has to be helped around by students of the local school in Karlakote village of Nuapada district, where he is a teacher.
Orissa government on Monday stepped up air-dropping of food packets as flood situation continued to be grim with Mahanadi river flowing above the danger mark in delta region, affecting 14 lakh people and snapping road links with about 1,000 villages.
With flood water of Mahanadi river system slowly receding in the delta region, Orissa government today accelerated relief work in the affected areas with focus on health care, sanitation and supply of safe drinking water.
The Orissa government on Monday stepped up food relief to people affected by floods that have left 16 dead and thousands homeless in the last one week, offcials said.
Flood's fury in Mahanadi and other rivers has wreaked havoc in Orissa submerging about 2,600 villages spread over 19 districts and leaving eight dead as the state government on Sunday stepped up relief and rescue operations for 11 lakh affected people.
About 3,000 people were evacuated from the low-lying areas of Orissa after a huge discharge of water from the Hirakud Dam triggered fears of floods in 11 of the state's 30 districts, an official said today.
With several places in Orissa already reeling under the impact of floods, 11 districts in the state have been put on alert due to a likely release of 10 lakh cusec of water from the Hirakud dam on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.
One person was swept away as swollen rivers submerged over 150 villages and affected more than one lakh people in Orissa where the water level of river Mahanadi was on the rise on Wednesday, officials said.
The Lok Sabha today gave the final nod to a constitutional amendment for changing the name of Orissa to Odisha and the Oriya language to Odia.
A Maoist commander, who used to operate near the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border, on Saturday surrendered before police in Nabarangpur.
India on Monday postponed the test of its nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni II missile from a test range in Orissa due to a technical snag, official sources said.
A Goa-based Coast Guard helicopter made an emergency landing on Thursday in a paddy field.
In its bid to end the age-old practice of untouchability and ban on entry at temples in certain pockets of the state, Orissa government has prepared a strategy to deal with such situation.