Nabarangpur Municipality By-election.

For the word-6 of Municipality by-poll two candidates filled their nomination here on Monday on the last date of the filing of nomination. Though the bandh called by the congress, candidate Ajaya Sagar, of BJD along with local MLA, Manohar Randhari, Municipal Chairman, Prahalad Tripathy, along with supporters filled his nomination while D.Srinavas Rao, of Congress party with DCC president, Narayan Patro, Loksabha Constituency Youth President, Bhima Harijan, PCC VP, Sadan Nayak, Secretary Muna Tripathy, along with supporters filled nomination at the Sub-collector office here on Monday.  After the death of Jalandhar Harijan, councilor of word 6, the  post was lying vacant since from last eight month. The election will be held on 28^th and the counting on 29^th of sept.  

Vacancies Mar development in Nabarangpur:

PAITDA, RTO, CDMO,  3 posts of ADMO, 3 posts of Tahasildar, 2 BDO, posts including 3 ABDOs & Deputy Collectors posts lying vacant.

Nabarangpur was formed into a district in October 1992 being bifurcated from erstwhile Koraput district, since than the journey has been a bumpy ride for the people of Nabarangpur. Initially the district did not have the required infrastructure and now when infrastructure is being made available there is dearth of officials to man the office.
                         However despite all the infrastructure the situation is not better with several important posts lying vacant.  After the death of PAITDA, on 15th August no one has been posted till today while CDMO retired on 31st August the post now vacant. Apart from the posts district does not have a RTO, Revenue Officer, District Register, two BDOs of Kosagumuda and Raighar, three  Tahasildars, of Nabarangpur, Raighar, and Chandahandi, three ABDOs, of Nandahandi, Nabarangpur, and Kosagumuda, three deputy collectors of collectrate are  vacant.

            While implementation of development programmes is bearing the brunt of these vacancies, The health sector in this tribal-dominated district is in a shambles due to the non-availability of doctors in the District Headquarters Hospital key posts of paediatrics, gynaecologists, surgery, O&G, orthopaedics, medicine, ophthalmology, ENT,  skin & VD, TB & CD, anaesthesia, pathology  are lying vacant since long.

Similarly three posts of Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) for Medical, Family welfare and Public Health, District Tuberculosis Officer, District Leprosy Officer and District Surveillance Medical Officer including 60 doctors post vacant which have thrown health services into disarray. The district administration and health department are now struggling to provide proper health services in the diarrhoea affected blocks, safe motherhood still a far cry in the district.

Heavy rains lash Nabarangpur, leave streets waterlogged

Nabarangpur:

Due to the heavy rains on Tuesday water got stagnated on the Nabarangpur-Jeypire NH road, College-Court road, District headquarters hospital road, affecting the vehicular movement. Traffic on the areas was also disrupted for more than an hour due to heavy water logging.  Sewage mixed with rainwater overflowed on the roads of Gouda street, Chaina Market, Daily Market area.

“The drains on both sides of road remain heavily silted near Sadasiva Park, Gouda street, Gadbaguda, and China Market,  as workers from Municipality do not clean them on a regular basis alleged the local residents.

Vast stretches of the residential localities were flooded and some low-lying areas witnessed over 3-5 feet water gushing into home. Rainwater entered several houses at Gouda Street, chaina market and daily market area and a few other residential areas in the town.

 Local MLA, Mohnohar Randhari, visited the areas discussed with the residents and distributed reliefs. Speaking to the media persons Mr. Randhari said that till today municipality Nabarangpur has no enduring efforts had been taken up so far to solve the water logging in the town. The absence of proper drainage system was the reason for waterlogging. We have been asking the Municipality to construct more drains in the area and clean the existing ones he added.

Siba Charana Majhi,  a resident in Gouda Street complained our pleas fell on deaf ears whenever the town witnesses heavy rain, our colony will be heavy water logging, though elected councilors and officials travel on road every day and they are well aware of the problems she added.

Apart from Nabarangpur town, a few other parts in the district also witnessed moderate to heavy showers.

In the meanwhile Executive officer of Municipality, Pabitra Mohan Pradhan directed the JEs, and sanitation officials to identify the waterlogging areas and take necessary steps.

1015 Anganwadi centres has own building 1049 safe drinking facilities in district.

Nabarangpur:
As per the direction of the women & child welfare department to provide safe drinking water facilities to all the anganwadi centers, and conduct comprehensive verification of condition  of the structures  Collector Ms.Yamini Sarangi,was prompted into inspecting centres and  directed DSWO, BDOs, AE RWSS, JEs, GPTA, CDPOs and SI of Schools  to inspection the  drinking facilities available at the anganwadi centres.

during inspection by various officers recently in the district there are  2038  anganwadi centres in the district, of which 1015  out of their own building, while 34 are functioning in school building, while others are functioning rented houses and community halls, said Collector Ms.Yamini Sarangi in a press release.

The report further mentioned that  870 centres has own tube well facilities and 179 anganwadi centres has water facilities within a radius of 250 miters.