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Jharsuguda

Phulbani claims lowest minimum of 4 degrees, 10 places record temp below 10

December 21, 2020 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Cold wave conditions intensified in Odisha as mercury dropped below 10 degree Celsius at 10 places today.

Phulbani was the coldest, with a minimum temperature of 4 degree Celsius, followed by Jharsuguda, Daringbadi, Angul, Koraput, Bhawanipatna, Boudh, Keonjhar and Sonepur, all of which recorded temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius.

Filed Under: English Tagged With: Anugul, Bhawanipatna, Boudh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Koraput, Odisha, Phulbani, Sonepur

Cold wave continues to grip Odisha; Daringbadi coldest

November 25, 2020 By Sneha Santuka Leave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 (LocalWire): 13 places recorded a temperature below 15 degrees today.

Daringbadi was the coldest as a minimum temperature of 8.5 degrees was recorded there today.

Sonepur, Phulbani and Angul recorded temperatures of 9.4, 10.5 and 11 degrees celsius, while Baripada, Keonjhar, Bhawanipatna, Jharsuguda, Talcher and Koraput all recorded temperatures between 12 and 12.6.

Boudh, Cuttack and Bolangir were at 14, 14 and 14.8 degrees respectively.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Angul, Baripada, Bhawanipatna, Bolangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Daringbadi, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Odisha, Phulbani, Sonepur, Talcher

Cold wave sweeps state, 11 places record temp below 15

November 8, 2020 By Sneha Santuka Leave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (LocalWire): 11 places in Odisha recorded a temperature below 15 degrees celsius yesterday, the Met centre said today.

The lowest temperature was recorded in Sonepur at 9.6 degrees, followed by Phulbani and Daringbadi at 10.5 degrees.

Angul, Koraput and Bhawanipatna recorded 11, 11.6 and 12.2 degrees respectively, while Jharsuguda and Keonjhar recorded 13 and 13.8 degrees respectively.

Meanwhile, Baripada, Balangir and Sambalpur recorded 14.2, 14.6 and 14.7 degrees respectively.

The temperature remained within 20 degrees in the rest of the state.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Angul, Balangir, Baripada, Bhawanipatna, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Koraput, Odisha, Sambalpur

Mandatory Aadhar seeding impedes access to welfare schemes

October 12, 2020 By Tazeen Quereshy Leave a Comment

For the last one year, 50-year-old Jogendra Nikhunti’s life has been confined within the four walls of a toilet.

Nikhunti is a daily wage laborer in Jampali village of Lakhanpur administrative block in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district.

Nikhunti’s house was damaged during the monsoon last year, forcing him to take shelter in the unused toilet constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Unable to secure a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he has been living in the unused toilet, in which he can barely fit.

To add to his woes, for the last few months he has not received the ration he was getting under National Food Security Act. With no house and no food, he takes up labor work to earn enough to afford a meal; but often he is dependent on others.

“I had approached the administration several times through villagers for issuing a house and ration to me.

But I was told there is some problem with my Aadhar card,” said Nikhunti, unable to understand the issue. The problem is a result of non-linking of his Aadhar with his ration card and his bank account.

In another incident during the lockdown, 46-year-old tribal Dukhi Jani of Odisha’s Nayagarh district died allegedly due to starvation.

The non-government fact-finding team that had visited her village found out that the widow had been struck off the ration list due to non-linking of Aadhar with her ration card.

In Odisha, there are several thousands of cases like that of Nikhunti and Jani, where eligible beneficiaries could not receive government entitlements since they had not linked their Aadhar and ration cards.

It became more difficult for them, as the entitlements would have been of help to them during the pandemic.

Aadhar – ration linkage

Last year the Odisha government mandated linking of ration card with Aadhar to get benefits under the National Food Security Act. The extended deadline was set as 15 September, 2019.

A survey conducted by food rights activists stated that approximately 18 lakh eligible beneficiaries had been left out due to the government mandating that Aadhar and ration card be linked.

On learning of vast number of people deprived of benefits, the government started redressing the cases.

However, the problem has increased during the lockdown, as the redressal system remains out of place, affecting the vulnerable sections further.

Fewer officials on ground in the last six months during the lockdown means that the eligible beneficiaries have been left out.

Linkage challenges

While announcing the decision to mandate Aadhar linkage, government officials had said that the step was taken to weed out ‘ghost’ beneficiaries in the system. However, activists said that the move has disrupted the otherwise beneficial welfare schemes.

Odisha has over 60 social welfare schemes that benefit at least 70% of the population.

“The schemes were introduced to benefit vulnerable sections of the society. But now, the complicated process is putting pressure on the beneficiaries,” Laxmidhar Singh, an activist, told Villagesquare.in. “The aged, the disabled and those living in remote and tribal areas have to run from pillar to post to get their rights.”

Laxmidhar Singh recalled an instance where a visually impaired person was being denied social assistance because the officials couldn’t scan his retina. “The government should have thought of some other means to identify the ghost beneficiaries – the number of which is too less. The eligible beneficiaries are being left out because of this reason,” he said.

While the beneficiaries need to have the documents for entitlement, the administration carries out the actual linkage.

In the last few months, due to various administrative and technical issues, many beneficiaries have not had their entitlement for several months.

Most affected

Though the mandatory linkage has affected lakhs of people, the disabled, the elderly and the transgender community have been affected the most.

Though the Odisha government recently announced a special category for the disabled without Aadhar card, there is no similar provision for senior citizens.

When the system was introduced, the gender input had only male and female categories.

After transgender category was added, many transgenders tried to change it to retain their identity.

However, activists allege that it is a lengthy process to make the changes.

Not everyone could get the fingerprint and biometric verification done, as the process was minimized or suspended in most of the offices. “ Most of them lost their livelihood; due to mandatory Aadhar linking they could not get subsidized ration and pension,” said Singh.

Aadhar – pension account linkage

In July and August this year, the state government dispatched letters to the district administration to release pension payments to only those accounts that had been Aadhar-linked.

The order meant that pension beneficiaries under National Social Assistance Program and Madhu Babu Pension Yojana would not get the pension if their bank accounts had not been linked with Aadhar.

A report released by the Odisha chapter of Right to Food Campaign, estimated that almost 11 lakh beneficiaries would lose out on the benefits with the move to mandate Aadhar verification. Amidst public concerns, the government revoked its order on 27 August.

Need for improvements

Though Odisha has introduced and implemented its own social assistance schemes, many crucial ones are centralized.

Any lacunae in the implementation of the schemes prolongs the process and leaves the local administration with little scope for redressal mechanism.

“Even if the local administration is emphatic to the condition of those left out, it has little scope of solving it on its own,” Sameet Panda, co-convener of the Odisha chapter of Right to Food Campaign, told VillageSquare.in.

“For instance, if there is any technical error, the local administration won’t be able to disburse ration or pension unless there is a clearance.

So, the whole system is crippled,” he said. Due to non-availability of officials during the pandemic, the affected beneficiaries did not have access to the redressal mechanism.

Every time an eligible beneficiary does not get his or her entitlement and it crops up on social media, the state government intervenes and sorts it out.

So far, the redressal mechanism has been more on a case-by-case basis.

“Pandemic has affected the economically stable. Imagine the plight of those who were vulnerable already,” said Panda. “The entitlement is for people based on certain criteria like income, poverty status, etc. Now, with this linkage, we have denied them their basic rights.”

“The mandatory linkage was introduced to weed out ghost beneficiaries, but the policy makers have not given a proper definition of it,” said Panda.

According to him, there is a strong policy in place, but the problem is yet to be defined.

This article was first appeared in https://www.villagesquare.in/

Filed Under: English Tagged With: Jharsuguda, Odisha

5-year-old tested Corona positive in Jharsuguda

May 22, 2020 By Sonali Singh Leave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, May 22 (Local Wire): A 5-year-old boy from the Jharsuguda district has now been tested positive for the global pandemic, the state government said on Friday evening.

According to the district administration of Jharsuguda the child is a resident of Mangal Bazaar in the city.

The government claimed that the entire family have been under home quarantine.

“A 5-year-boy from Mangal Bazar, Jharsuguda has been tested Coronavirus positive.

There is nothing to be panicked about,” the Jharsuguda district administration said.

It also added, “The entire family has been in home quarantine since their return from outside the state.

There is constant monitoring over their health conditions.”

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Corona, Jharsuguda, Odisha

Woman shot dead in sleep

November 27, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Jharsuguda, Nov 27 (LocalWire): A 35-year-old woman was gunned down by unidentified men while she was sleeping in her house at Rohidaspada under Sarasmal police station jurisdiction in Jharsuguda district.

Kanaklata Rohidas was alone and her family members found her bullet-ridden body in the wee hours today. She was brought dead to the hospital.

Her husband and two children were in another room when she was killed.

Police is yet to ascertain the motive behind the killing or arrest those involved.

A special squad has been constituted to crack the crime at the earliest, senior police officials said.

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Filed Under: English, Happenings Tagged With: Happenings, Jharsuguda, Odisha

Four arrested near Jharsuguda after exchange of fire

November 6, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Jharsuguda, November 6 (LocalWire): The local police have arrested four hardened criminals who had allegedly gunned down a man on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police squad intercepted the motorcycle-borne criminals and chased them on the Madhupur forest road near Jharsuguda.

However, the criminals opened fire, injuring a policeman Chudamani Mahananda, forcing the police to retaliate in self-defence.

The arrested criminals have a history of crimes and were wanted in several cases, including murder, the police said, adding that they had also allegedly shot dead one Mantu Ghosh a couple of days back.

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Filed Under: English, Happenings Tagged With: Happenings, Jharsuguda, Odisha

Two hurt in wild boar attack

October 10, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Jharsuguda, Oct 10 (LocalWire): Two people including a woman, were injured after being attacked by a wild boar at Luhabaga village under Lakhanpur forest range in Jharsuguda district today, officials said.

The injured were identified as 67-year-old Ukia Pradhan and 60-year-old Lakhpati Bhoi .

They are being treated at the nearby government hospital.

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Filed Under: English, Happenings Tagged With: Happenings, Jharsuguda, ଭଦ୍ରକ

Alliance Air starts UDAN from Jharsuguda

June 5, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Jharsuguda, June 5 (LocalWire): Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, commenced its commercial flight operations from Veer Surendra Sai Airport here to Bhubaneswar and Raipur from today.

The flights are being operated under the Centre’s ‘Udey desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme, Director of the airport Sudesh Kumar Chauhan said.

The flights will be operating daily, he added.

The Alliance Air’s ATR 72 flight reached Veer Surendra Sai Airport at around 11:10 am with 72 passengers on board.

After a brief stopover of 25 minutes, the flight returned to Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar with 54 passengers.

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Filed Under: English, Travel Tagged With: Jharsuguda, Odisha, Travel

Flight services to resume from Jharsuguda today

March 31, 2019 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Jharsuguda, March 31 (LocalWire): Flight services will resume from Jharsuguda’s Veer Surendra Sai Airport on Sunday after a gap of around four months.

Three daily flights will be operated from the airport: New Delhi (3.40 pm), Hyderabad (4.10 pm) and Kolkata (8.40 pm).

In November last year, the Union Civil Aviation Ministry had cancelled the license of Air Odisha, which was operating the flights from Jharsuguda at that time, on charges of irregularities.

Built at a cost of Rs.210 crore and with handling capacity of over 300 passengers, the Veer Surendra Sai Airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 22, 2018.

The airport is expected to facilitate regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme.

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Filed Under: English, Travel Tagged With: Jharsuguda, Travel

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