BJP Kisan rally in Nuapada

Nuapada district unit of BJP conducted a rally and a meeting in the district headquarters of Nuapada on Wednesday and demanded immediate fulfillment of the demands of farmers of the district. State vice president of BJP, Basant Panda raised the issues of farmers plight and condemned the failure of the BJD government to address the basic needs of the farmers. The leaders demanded increase in the minimum support price of paddy to Rs.2000/- per quintal and a bonus of Rs.500/- in addition to that. They also demanded the increase in the limit of agricultural cash credit and said that, the minimum amount of credit to the farmers be fixed at Rs.10 thousand per acre. Raising the issue of corruption in sale of DAP fertilizer, the leaders said, “The government, to save the BJD MLA of Nuapada, who was involved in adulteration of fertilizers in the district did not file any FIR against the MLA.”The MLA should immediately be booked under Essential Comodities Act and the DDA of the district who protected the MLA should be suspended” the leaders said.

More than 1500 farmers had arrived from different parts of the district to take part in the rally and the meeting. A memorandum with 32 point demands addressed to the State Governor was submitted to the ADM after the meeting, which included points like, release of insurance money of the year 2010-11 to the farmers, opening of Mandi at Panchayat level etc. among others.
The gathering was addressed by State Vice President, Basant Panda, State Kisan Morch Secretary Jadumani panigrahi, State Yuva Morch Secretary Samarjit Patra, District President Ashok Mitra, District Kishan Morcha President Durlabha Biswal and other leaders like Prakash Kalar, tribal leader Homsing Majhi, Subrat Thakur and Chaturbhuja Sen.

Black market of indane gas in Khariar NAC

Black market in indane gas in Khariar NAC has come to forefront through raid by the administration on Wednesday. An investigation squad consisting of the Tahasildar of Khariar, the CSO, Nuapada and a team of Khariar police has seized 17 domestic cylinders of indane gas from 2 hotels and 18 from the godown of a black marketer. 50 litres of k.oil has also been seized. “As directed by the district collector we conducted the raid and seized the domestic cylinders from the hotels and the godown” said the Tahasildar G.Naidu.

Sagar Ganga hotel had 14 empty domestic cylinders and a filled one. The hotel owner somehow knew about the raid and was trying to shift the cylinders to some other place but was unsuccessful. The other hotel named Ganapati Sweets had 2 domestic cylinders and 50 ltrs K.Oil. Rest 18 domestic cylinders were seized from the godown of Pratap Chaudhuri – a habitual black marketer of domestic gas. A gas filling machine used for filling gas in the vehicles has also been seized from Prakash.

“It unfortunate that, the common people are waiting for months together to avail their minimum quota, but these hotels are availing that so easily” said Naidu, who has joined as the Tahsildar of Khariar Tahasil a couple of weeks ago. He has been taking very strong action against illegal sand mining since his joining.

Sagar Ganga hotel, which is located near the bus stand and close to the Gurudwara of Khariar is owned by an influential person. It runs a bar inside the hotel, which has been a point of objection for the residential houses around the hotel. But, using influence, the owner has been able to continue the bar.