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Paradip port crew rescues Bangladeshi crew members swept away at sea

October 23, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, Oct 23 (LocalWire): Three Bangladeshi crew members who were swept away at sea were rescued by the marine team of Paradip Port Trust on Thursday.

Sources said that the Malta flag bearing vessel Ocean Century, carrying iron ore, was waiting at the PPT anchorage area to enter the port harbour for unloading cargo.

Three crew members along with a rescue boat fell in the deep sea and were swept away on a tidal wave due to bad weather and the rough sea.

After receiving the information from the captain of this vessel, a marine team of PPT led by harbor master captain Alekh Chandra Sahu rushed to the spot to rescue them with a port patrolling craft and tug boat.

Later, marine team personnel rescued the three crew members who were working as second engineer, third engineer and electrical engineer. They have been shifted to the port hospital for treatment.

Chief Medical Officer Prahallad Panda informed, “The condition of the three crew members was stabilized.

After primary treatment, they were discharged in the afternoon.”

Meanwhile, the timely step taken by the port marine department has become the talk of the port town.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Jagatsinghpur, Paradip

COVID casts shadow on World Maritime Day celebration

September 24, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, Sept 24 (LocalWire): Paradip Port observed the 43rd World Maritime Day today with the theme, “Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable Planet”.

Unlike National Maritime Day, there is no fixed date of celebration of World Maritime Day. However, generally it is celebrated in the last week of September every year.

It depends on the individual governments to decide a suitable date for the celebration and DG Shipping, Govt. of India had directed to celebrate World Maritime Day on 24th September 2020 in India this year.

On this occasion, at PPT, Capt. A.K. Mohapatra, deputy Conservator hoisted the World Maritime Day flag at the Marine Site office in presence of other Sr. Officials of Marine Dept.

Due to the threat of spread of COVID-19, the celebration of World Maritime Day was conducted in a restricted manner this year.

The significance of this day is to emphasize the importance of International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the maritime sector and to highlight its contribution towards Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Marine Environment.

In a simple manner, it can be explained that World Maritime Day is celebrated for carrying out commercial sea transport in a safe, secured and environmental-friendly manner for the economic growth of the world.

The first celebration of World Maritime Day was done on 17th March 1978 to mark the occasion of enforcing first convention of IMO in 1958 and since then every year, during last week of September, the World Maritime Day is observed globally.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, Paradip

Hilsa rates soar as fish catch dips due to COVID-19 threat

August 26, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, August 26 (LocalWire): Prices of hilsa have gone up as catch has dipped by 90 percent ever since fishermen have ceased going out to the sea due to the threat of COVID-19.

Nearly 700 trawlers used to go to sea to catch fish, but now, due to shortage of crew members and the COVID threat, many trawlers are not at sea.

Fishermen who returned to other districts and states due to COVID-19 have not yet returned to Paradip, causing a shortage of manpower.

Currently, only 150-180 trawlers are operating in the sea, causing acute shortage of fish in the market.

On the other hand, Paradip Municipality has banned the sale of mutton and chicken in Paradip for the last 10 days under the direction of Supreme Court, for which, the demand for fish is high among local people.

Fish trader Shanti Raj Sarakar informed, “Each trawler spends nearly Rs 30,000 but we catch fishes worth Rs 5000 to Rs 8000 so we are forced to sell Hilsa fish at the rate of Rs 200 to Rs 250 per kg in Paradip to compensate the losses,” he added.

The drop in the catch of fish has come as a major threat to the livelihood of these fishermen in the Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts.

Besides the fishermen, daily earnings of the weavers of fishing nets, traders, trading agents, ice factory owners has also waned.

Executive Officer of Paradip Municipality Duryodhan Patel has informed, “By the direction of Supreme Court, Paradip Municipality has banned the sale of mutton and chicken from 15th to 24th August 2020 for which the demand of fishes is high in the local market.

The ban has been lifted from today,” he added.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Odisha, Paradip

Driver rest shed at Jagatsinghpur hospital turned into isolated labour room

August 18, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Jagatsinghpur, Aug 18 (LocalWire): Health officials have designated the driver rest shed as isolated labour room for COVID positive pregnant women due to lack of space in the district headquarter hospital.

Ever since two pregnant women were found to be COVID positive, following of COVID protocol became extremely difficult in the DHH given the lack of space there.

Earlier, COVID patients were shifted to COVID hospitals in Bhubaneswar or Cuttack, but this became impossible after said hospitals became jammed with COVID patients.

The gynaecology ward of DHH Jagatsinghpur has no facilities such as separate labour room, rest shed, waiting room, special OT room and isolation ward for COVID positive pregnant women.

Currently, there are only two OTs, which are being used for both – infected pregnant women and general patients.

A minimum of three Operation Theatres including one general OT, emergency OT and special OT are required for the treatment of infected pregnant women.

Similarly, three kinds of wards for antenatal care, postpartum recovering women and postpartum ward for COVID infected pregnant women are required, whereas currently there is only ward in which all expecting women are placed.

Also, there is no separate neonatal ward for newly born children and no isolated labour room for pregnant women.

Health officials have arranged an isolated labour room for COVID positive pregnant women at the driver’s rest shed in DHH, while the shed has been shifted to Jagatsinghpur Municipality Kalyan Mandap.

Lack of foresight of health officials, no space, and delay in the installation of Mother Child Health Care Unit (MCCU) care unit in DHH have added to the woes of patients.

It may be recalled that the DHH has no MCCU, for which health services have been completely paralyzed because of no space and infrastructure development.

Despite having funds, the setting up of the 100 bedded MCCU has been delayed, not only due to lack of space but also due to negligence and callous attitude of health officials.

Chief District Medical Officer Bijaya Panda has informed, “We are planning to set up a separate isolated labour room for infected pregnant women at the driver’s rest shed in the DHH campus but it has not yet been finalized.

Steps have been taken to start the construction work of the MCCU building in the DHH very soon,” she added.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, Paradip

District administration seeks employment for local youth from Paradip industries

August 18, 2020 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Paradip, Aug 18 (LocalWire): Jagatsinghpur district administration has asked various industries to provide the local youth, especially skilled and unskilled workers come back from other states due to COVID-19, with employment opportunities.

Nearly 20,000 migrant workers returned to their native villages in Jagatsinghpur due to loss of employment during the lockdown that was imposed initially to curb the spread of the virus, sources said.

Saroj Pradhan of Balikuda said, “We are skilled workers and we have chosen to work under MGNREGS.

Many are reluctant to work under this scheme due to the meagre wage of Rs. 207 per day for skilled workers.”

Other harried migrant workers have expressed their sorrow, “There are no jobs here, for which we have decided to return to other states in search of employment.”

Collector Sangram Keshari Mohapatra has requested all industries and companies in Paradip to avoid bringing skilled and unskilled workers from outside the state.

He has asked them to engage these local skilled and unskilled labourers and migrant returnees in work.

Companies have been asked to contact the project director, DRDA, district labour officers and local BDOs to acquire details about the skill mapping of the migrant workers.  

Larsen and Turbo, which has been pressed in the construction work of Paradip Refinery of IOCL, said that most companies are finding it difficult to fill in the present skill gap from the available pool of workmen.

L&T has already sourced more than 70% of their present strength of about 3000 workmen from the home state for their two projects with IOCL refinery.

They further require many highly skilled & experienced workmen, who are acquainted with this risky and specialized aspect of refinery construction work and have almost exhausted the possibilities of further sourcing from the available list.

Delay in fulfilling the balance manpower gap could potentially delay this project of national importance, sources said.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Odisha, Paradip

Youth associations in Paradip conduct Pada Yatra to demand jobs for returnees

June 11, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, June 10 (LocalWire): Activists from Kujang Yuva Parishad and Paradip Youth Engineering Association carried out a Padayatra and submitted a memorandum to the organization demanding jobs for thousands of migrant returnees.

Sources said that nearly 13,000 migrants have returned from states like Mumbai, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, where they were working before the lockdown.

After being discharged from quarantine, they have no jobs and no work.

Paradip, which is considered an industry hub, has not offered much in way of opportunities to the local youth, for which they are frustrated.

Different industries have ignored local youth in the unskilled sector.

Activists of both Parishad and Association conducted a 20 km Pada Yatra from Kujang to Paradip today and demanded the creation of job opportunities for migrant returnees.

President of Paradip Youth Engineering Association Laxmi Prasad Behera has informed, “It is time for the state or union government to provide jobs in local industries to local youths, especially migrant returnees.

The Andhra Pradesh government has made it mandatory for existing and upcoming industries in the state to reserve 75 percent jobs for local youths; we have also demanded the same in our state,” he added.

The activists of Kujang Yuva Parishad led by its president Akhaya Das accompanied by other activists joined this pada yatra and submitted their memorandum to ADM of Paradip, Kanhu Charan Dhir.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Odisha, Paradip

Beach animals starve during lockdown

May 3, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, May 3 (LocalWire): Not so long ago, decorated camels and horses could be seen standing on the sand at Paradip sea beach, giving rides to excited children as well as grown-ups.

These were a source of income for the people who used to keep them, while also being the means of sustenance for the animals themselves.

However, due to the lockdown for COVID-19, the owners of the animals have lost their only source of income and are struggling for survival.

It is becoming more and more difficult for them to provide food for animals.

Two such animals have been abandoned by their caretaker in the port city of Paradip. Now, one camel and one horse are moving from place to place looking for food.

Their noses are torn, the fur has been replaced by sores and the once-mighty frame has been reduced to a skeleton.

The Secretary of the district board of the International Human Rights Council, Subrat Nayak, has said “Without a proper license, owners have been using these animals for earning a livelihood through the entertainment of tourists.

There must be regular veterinary inspection but nothing has been done for the safety of animals”.

Besides this, monkeys, swans, and other birds that are living in different temples of this district are struggling to get food for survival because all temples have been closed due to lockdown.

Hungry monkeys are causing mayhem in local villages by destroying vegetables and other crops due to an acute shortage of food.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Odisha, Paradip

Four held for circulating fake news on social media

March 27, 2020 By LocalWire Leave a Comment

Paradip, Mar 27 (LocalWire) Police on Friday arrested four persons in Jagatsinghpur district including former head of a local body for allegedly circulating fake information on coronavirus, official said.

The arrested include Manas Sethi, the former chairman of Erasama Panchyat Samiti , Deepak Das, the former sarpanch of Janakadeipur.

Other two arrested persons are named as Umesh Rout and Joyti Prakash Sahoo both local residents.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Corona, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, Paradip

Port authority sends ship crew to hospital after corona virus symptom

March 3, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, March 3 (LocalWire) The authorities of the Paradip port on Tuesday sent a couple, part of 23 crew members of a Singapore vessel to undergo the test for novel coronavirus after one of them developed symptoms.

The couple from Uttar Pradesh and the other crew members had set sail from China on February 15 and arrived at Paradip Port on March 1 via Hong Kong and Singapore.

After the arrival of the ship, the port authorities were informed about the man on board having symptoms.

Immediately a team of doctors rushed to the ship to check the patient and found him suffering from mild fever.

As the ship had arrived from China, we have sent him and his wife to SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack for further examination, port medical officer Prahllad Panda said.

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Filed Under: English, Health Tagged With: Corona, Health, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, Paradip

Paradip Port finishes dredging of Mahanadi river mouth

February 27, 2020 By Amarnath Parida Leave a Comment

Paradip, 27 Feb (LocalWire) The dredging of silted Mahanadi river mouth by Paradip port was completed on Thursday, the port trust chairman Rinkesh Roy said.

It was last dredged almost 20 years back. Since the river mouth was silted over the years, the fishing vessels were facing problem to navigate.

The Dredger of Dredging Corporation of India had commenced the dredging work at the cost of Rs.15 crore last month.

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Filed Under: English Tagged With: Odisha, Paradip

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