Rising jaundice infections among students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Khordha district have been linked to contaminated water, health authorities said.
Health officials on Tuesday inspected and reviewed the suspected outbreak at the JNV campus located in Gurujanga village. Senior district-level officers, including Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Sanjay Roy and District Public Health Officer Dr Ranjan Mitra, visited the school to as
"Two days ago, we found an increase in the number, and a total of 49 students were positive. Yesterday, we tested blood samples from 20% of students, and only 5% were positive. So the total number is 54 right now," he said.
Under the convergence model devised with the Khordha District Collector, half or more of the funds needed for development projects will be provided through MPLAD and the other half will be coming from various central and state government schemes.
Train services have been disrupted in Odisha's Bhadrak after an electrical tower fell on Monday evening because of strong winds and rain, as informed by ADRM Khordha Division, Pradip Kumar Behra.
Union Minister and BJP President JP Nadda on Thursday hit out at the Congress party and said it has become the spokesperson of urban naxalism and it has putting forth the points of disintegrative forces.
"The purpose of the flag march is to enable people to vote fearlessly. Those creating ruckus will be dealt with strictly. We have 153 booths in 71 locations, and CAPF will be deployed on all booths as per the instructions of the ECI," an official said.
The annual Dolphin census in Odisha's Chilika Lake is scheduled to begin on Saturday. The count will take place in Balugaon Wildlife Division and the Balugaon Range in Chilika. These two ranges are divided into three sectors.
The IT department also conducted raid at the Corporate office of Boudh Distillery Limited, in Khordha, Bhubaneswar and searches are going at Bolangir and Sambalpur in Odisha and Ranchi, Lohardaga in Jharkhand.