MONDEI-2013 FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TO A COLOURFUL START.

BY:  BASANT RATH,  

JOURNALIST

Amid much fanfare the State-level mega tribal festival of Nabarangpur district Mondei-2013  was inaugurated by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi on Wednesday.

The inaugural puja was performed at Rajchauria temple, of Kodinga under Kosagumuda block by Minister Majhi, Dabugam MLA Bhujabala Majhi, District Collector Yamini Sarangi, ZP president Motiram Naik,

Superintendent of Police Brajesh Kumar Rai, Add. district magistrate Bhimman Seth, Sub-Collector Parakhita Sethi, joined hands together to celebrate lunching of Mondei-2013 by torching the light in presence of

district level officers and member of the civil society who had reached from across the district.

A congregation of local tribal dance troupes brought the Mondei ‘mashal’ to the venue.  Addressing the gathering Minister Mr.Majhi, said cultural festivals like this create awareness among the people about their age-old tradition and heritage, at the same time local artists get the rare opportunity to exchange views with their counterpart of the country, contributing to our own heritage, he further spoke briefly on the development programmes of government.

Speaking to the occasion Dabugam MLA said the tribals of this district are organising Mondei in different places including at Kodinga, but the mega cultural festival celebrated by the district council of culture was definitely a bold step which symbolises the age old tradition of the tribals. 

Presided over the meeting Collector Ms.Sarangi said that the district which completes 22 years of its formation, could proudly claim that it produced patriots, freedom fighters, eminent men of letters and harbingers of its rich culture, Mondei has now in 12 years which succeeded in integrating the people as was evident from the enthusiasm with which thousands of tribal men and women participated in the festival from panchayat level to district level. Besides, local tribal folk dances, troupes from other district of Odisha and outside of

states performed. 

Different cultural troupes from the Gram  panchayat level performed their dances, and music  “Atrupta Atma” Drama staged in the evening.Various departments including SHGs showcased their crafts and schemes in the stalls.  On the occasion the guests released the Mondei-2013poster, and handed over Mashal to different blocks for their celebrations. The Block level festival will continue till Dec 9th.

403 DOCTORS’ POSTS LYING VACANT IN KBK DISTRICTS

Bhubaneswar: 

Members cutting across party lines in the State Assembly on Friday expressed their concern over the poor state of health services and acute shortage of doctors in the KBK districts.

Responding to a question asked by Congress member Santosh Singh Saluja, Health Minister Damodar Rout admitted that doctors are reluctant to serve in the KBK districts despite incentives offered to them by the Government. Even, doctors who are natives of the KBK region are not keen to serve in the area and, instead, want postings in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, he said.

Revealing that 403 doctors’ posts are lying vacant in the KBK districts, Dr Rout said the situation would improve with the opening of new medical colleges in the State. Stern actions like dismissal and notices in newspapers have been planned against the doctors remaining on leave for infinite periods on some pretext or the other after being posted to the KBK areas, he said.

He said as many as 65 new medical colleges would come up in the country with Central assistance during the 12th Plan period and Odisha has proposed to set up four new medical colleges, one each in Baleswar, Baripada, Koraput and Balangir districts.

Source: The Pioneer.

Complaints against irregularities in MBG HP Gas distribution

 Nabarangpur:

On the alleged unfair trade practices

 several complaints has been filled on the irregularities in distribution of HP gas at Nabarangpur. The district consumer disputes redressal forum has issued notice against Rasmi Acharjya, the Proprietor of  Maa Bhandar Gharani (MBG)  HP Gas agency, Nabarangpur and Hundustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, Zonal Office, Kolkata and Chief Regional Manager, Bhubaneswar, Including Civil Supply Officer, Nabarangpur for the irregularities in the distribution of gas cylinders and demanding additional money from the consumers. It has been alleged that many of the consumers of the MBG HP Gas have been victimized by the unfair trade practices adopted by Rasmi Acharjya, the Proprietor of HP Gas even the same has also reported to the district Collector, Nabarangpur, Said Sunil Sahu, one of customer” after hearing the complaints the collector directed Civil Supply Officer to conduct inspections of the gas agencies in view of the complaints of irregularities in LPG distribution.  But the officials enquiries whimsically and submitted a report to Collector.

The Customers of the gas alleged that the Proprietor of HP Gas collecting Rs.650/- for preparation of Know your consumer (KYC) format affidavit and verifying the kitchens. During the issuing of new connections they are demanding  more than Rs, 5000/- for Cylinder and regulator instead of Rs.1600/- Apart from that  they are forcing to purchase stove along with lighter, fire extinguisher, gas stand etc without bill in this regard. Queried to the civil supply officials they said customers has at liberty to purchase them from any source and the New Connection price is Rs.1600/- we don’t have any information about any affidavit and the know your consumer  format charges if any fixed by the HP Gas company. The customers’ also alleged that they MBG gas agency not displaying the booking number of the LPG cylinders being distributed, price of new cylinder and regulator etc. even though the gas proprietor not giving subscription voucher at the time of delivery of new gas connections.

MONDEI FEST OFF TO A COLOURFUL START IN NABARANGPUR

NABARANGPUR:Basant Rath.

Amid much fanfare, the State-level annual mega tribal festival of Nabarangpur district, Mondei-2013, was inaugurated by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi on Wednesday.

The inaugural Puja was performed at the Rajchauria temple of Kodinga under Kosagumuda block by Minister Majhi, Dabugam MLA Bhujabal Majhi, district Collector Yamini Sarangi, ZP president Motiram Naik Superintendent of Police Brajesh Kumar Rai, ADM Bhimman Seth, Sub-Collector Parakhita Sethi in the presence of other district officers and members of the civil society who came from across the district.

A congregation of local tribal dance troupes brought the Mondei Mashal to the venue. Minister Majhi said cultural festivals like this create awareness among the people about their age-old tradition and heritage of a region and local artists get a rare opportunity to exchange views with their counterparts of the country. He also spoke on the development programmes of the State Government.

Tthe Dabugam MLA said the tribals of this district are participating in Mondei at different places, including at Kodinga, but the mega cultural festival celebrated by the District Council of Culture is definitely a bold step which symbolises the traditions of the tribals.

Presiding over the meeting, Collector Sarangi said the district which has completed 22 years of its formation could proudly claim that it produced patriots, freedom fighters, eminent men of letters and harbingers of its rich culture.

Mondei is now in its 12 years and it has succeeded in integrating the people as is evident from the enthusiasm with which thousands of tribal men and women participated in the festival from the panchayat to district levels. Besides local tribal folk dances, troupes from other districts of the State and outside it have been performing in this event.

Different cultural troupes from the gram panchayat level performed their dances and music besides drama Atrupta Atma being staged in the evening. Various Government departments and SHGs showcased their crafts and schemes in their stalls. The guests released the Mondei-2013 poster and handed over the Mashal to different blocks for their respective celebrations. The block-level festival will continue till December 9.

http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/mondei-fest-off-to-a-colourful-start-in-nabarangpur.html