Pioneer News Service Bhubaneswar
House Commitee to visit Delhi
The House Committee of the State Legislative Assembly would soon submit a memorandum to the Union Ministry of Railways demanding Rs 1,000 crore in the Railway Budget for 2008-09. In this connection, a delegation lead by Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty would visit New Delhi on a possible date between November 10 to 17.
During their visit they would meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and submit the memorandum. The House Committee in its meeting on Monday approved the final draft of the memorandum. It may be noted that during 2006-07, the State demanded Rs 785 crore.
In its memorandum, the committee also recommends increase in allotment for ongoing projects, sanction of new railway lines, survey, and introduction of new trains, completion of sanctioned projects, electrification and doubling of lines.
For the expansion of Haridaspur-Paradeep (82 km) line, the committee demands Rs 150 crore to ensure expeditious completion of works. The Ministry of Railways has also been requested to allot Rs 100 crore for the Lanjigarh Road-Junagarha (56 km) line and ensure commissioning of the section between Lanjigarh to Bhawanipatna by December, 2008.
The Committee in its memorandum also demanded an allotment of Rs 100 crore for the Khurda Road-Bolangir (289 km) line and also of commissioning the section from 0-36 km.
On the Angul-Duburi-Sukinda road (90 km) project, the land acquisition process is yet to commence. The Ministry of Railways has been requested to allot Rs 50 crore for the project, the Committee said in its memorandum.
For the Talcher-Bimalagarh (154 km), the Committee demanded an allotment of Rs 50 crore for 2008-09. On the Daitari- Banspani Rail Link Project (155 km), the committee in its memorandum says the BG (Broad Gauge) rail link was commissioned in February,2007. However, residual works will have to be completed. The Ministry of Railways has been requested to allocate Rs 50 crore for this project. It also urged the Railway Ministry to take up gauge conversion works for Rupsa-Bangiriposi and Nuapada-Gunpur railway link.
In its memorandum, the committee also urged the Rail Ministry to start new lines connecting Jeypor-Malknagiri, Bargarha-Nuapda via Padamapur, conversion and extension of Nuapada-Gunupur BG raillink to Theruvali, Jaleswar-Digha, Puri-Konark, Talcher-Gopalpur, Rupsa-Bangiriposi to Gorumahisani, Badampahar to Keonjhar, Berhampur to Phulbani.
The Committee in its memorandum also urged the Ministry to take up survey works in Gopalpur-Rayagada, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road-Jajpur, Sambalpur-Berhampur, Bolangir-Nawapara, Bansapani to Bimalgarh, Lanjhigarha to Boudha via Charichhaka.
It also urged the Railway Ministry to take steps for doubling of the Sambalpur-Talcher BG Rail link, Daitari-Bansapani. The Ministry has also been requested to sanction electrification for Daitari-Banspani BG rail link, Haridaspur-Paradeep BG Rail link, Talcher- Sambalpur BG rail link and Sambalpur, Jharsuguda BG rail link.
It also demanded introduction of Super fast express from Sambalpur to Allahabad, Superfast from Puri to Kanyakumari, Express train from Titlagarh to Puri ( Via Sambalpur), Inter City Express between Koraput and Rourkela via Rayagada, Express train from Vishakhapatnam to Howrah via Titlagarh, Raipur and Bilaspur, Express train between Baripada and Visakhapatnam, Express between Gandhidham ( Kutch) to Puri, Express train from Puri to Allahabad, Express train from Baripada to Howrah, Intercity between Jharsuguda and Bhuabenswar. It also demanded a new express train between Howrah and Bhubaneswar, Superfast Express between Rourkela to New Delhi ( Daily), Intercity Express between Sambalpur and Rourkela, direct train between Bhubaneswar-Ambala-Chandigarh, Intercity /Shatabdi Express between Paradeep and Puri.
It also demanded an increase in frequency of Rajdhani train and make it daily. Similarly, frequency of Bhubaneswar- Kurla Express may be increased to three days in a week. The train is popular for passengers traveling from Western Orissa. "Frequency of Vishakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Express train may be increased to daily from 3 days in a week," the committee mentions in its report.
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Micro-plan aims to immunise all kids
Saturday November 3 2007 09:59 IST
Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to prepare a micro-plan for immunisation of all children.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday.
The Chief Minister reviewed the success of the immunisation programme at the meeting. A joint survey report by the Centre and Unicef has established that Orissa is number the two state in the country in the implementation of the programme.
While the success rate of BCG and DPT-3 at the national level has been 79.1 and 60.6 percent
respectively, in Orissa the two schemes have achieved 95 and 80.2 percent success.
Centre has not achieved much breakthrough in OPV-3 and measles containment programme but these schemes have succeeded in Orissa with 60.7 and 82 percent coverage. The success rate of Centre in the above programme is 54.4 and 61.8 percent. Success in vitamin-A administration and pulse polio programmes has also been spectacular in Orissa.
While the State has achieved 82.1 percent coverage in administration of vitamin-A among the children, in the pulse polio programme the coverage is 96.7 percent.
The success rate of the two schemes in the Centre has been 51.4 and 94.8 percent respectively. The national family health survey has also come out with similar findings.
The awareness and knowledge of the mothers on immunisation programme is more in Orissa compared to other states. While the all India average is 30.4 percent, it is 54.8 percent in the State. It has also come to the fore that the general caste and Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste people have shown equal interest in the implementation of the immunisation programme.
Welcoming the role played by the health workers for the success of the immunisation programme, the Chief Minister asked the departmental authorities to make provision of incentives for them. He underscored the need for strengthening the monitoring system for continuing the success rate. He said that special attention should be given to districts in which the success rate is low.
It was decided that persons having practical knowledge about immunisation will be appointed in KBK, Gajapati, Kandhmal, Boudh and Keonjhar districts. The immunisation programme will be extended to all the districts in the next phase.
Among others, Minister of State for Health Duryodhan Majhi, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Bijay Kumar Patnaik, Health Secretary Chinmoy Basu, director of the National Rural Health Mission Sushil Kumar Lohani and senior officials attended the meeting.
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Doctor posts lying vacant
Monday November 5 2007 09:28 IST ENS
BALIGUDA: Healthcare service is ailing in predominantly tribal Kandhamala district due to shortage of medics and paramedics. According to a survey report of Kandhamala Health Department, there 150 sanctioned doctor posts for the chief district medical at Phulabani, one sub-divisional hospital at Baliguda, 13 primary health centres, 34 new primary health centres and five government hospitals in different locations. But right now only 101 doctors are working in these hospitals.
Absent of doctors are noticed irrespective of hierarchy. Out of six class-I medical officer posts, three posts are lying vacant, in senior class specialist category two posts are lying vacant out of four. Out of nine junior class-I posts, four posts are lying vacant.
In junior class-I specialist category only five posts have been filled against 11 posts. Similarly in class-II specialist category, out of 29 posts, 13 posts are lying vacant and in assistant surgeon category out of 91 posts, 25 are remaining vacant. In chief district medical a number of senior medical officer and specialist posts are lying vacant.
Even certain departments like eye, anaesthesia, surgery, radiology are having no specialist. Condition of health centres in remote places is deploring. In certain places hospitals are run by pharmacists only. Patients are forced to depend on quacks and black magicians for treatments which sometimes proves fatal.
Health centres in Badagada, Mardipanga, Nuapadara, Bilabadi, Panga, Lankagada and Judabadi are run by pharmacists.
Even the doctors present are not reportedly regular in their duties and more interested in private practices, alleged the locals. Shortage of assisting staff like staff nurse, health assistant, junior radiographer, laboratory technician has added to the woes.
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BALIGUDA: Healthcare service is ailing in predominantly tribal Kandhamala district due to shortage of medics and paramedics. According to a survey report of Kandhamala Health Department, there 150 sanctioned doctor posts for the chief district medical at Phulabani, one sub-divisional hospital at Baliguda, 13 primary health centres, 34 new primary health centres and five government hospitals in different locations. But right now only 101 doctors are working in these hospitals.
Absent of doctors are noticed irrespective of hierarchy. Out of six class-I medical officer posts, three posts are lying vacant, in senior class specialist category two posts are lying vacant out of four. Out of nine junior class-I posts, four posts are lying vacant.
In junior class-I specialist category only five posts have been filled against 11 posts. Similarly in class-II specialist category, out of 29 posts, 13 posts are lying vacant and in assistant surgeon category out of 91 posts, 25 are remaining vacant. In chief district medical a number of senior medical officer and specialist posts are lying vacant.
Even certain departments like eye, anaesthesia, surgery, radiology are having no specialist. Condition of health centres in remote places is deploring. In certain places hospitals are run by pharmacists only. Patients are forced to depend on quacks and black magicians for treatments which sometimes proves fatal.
Health centres in Badagada, Mardipanga, Nuapadara, Bilabadi, Panga, Lankagada and Judabadi are run by pharmacists.
Even the doctors present are not reportedly regular in their duties and more interested in private practices, alleged the locals. Shortage of assisting staff like staff nurse, health assistant, junior radiographer, laboratory technician has added to the woes.
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BRO to lay roads in Naxalite areas
Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 31: The Border Road Organisation (BRO), will be entrusted with the task of laying roads in Naxalite areas of Malkangiri and Rayagada district where contractors are reluctant to take up such work fearing threat from the ultras.
In fact the same organisation has been asked to lay roads in 8 districts of the four Naxalite states of Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh revealed home ministry sources today. Orissa will also develop a holistic plan involving socio-economic measures, filling up of critical gaps and security related steps for Rayagada and Malkangiri districts within a fortnight said state home secretary Mr TK Mishra.
Decisions relating to the ultras affected areas were taken at a meeting attended by state home department officials, union joint secretary Mr Dinesh Singh and joint director Intelligence Bureau Mr DP Sinha today.
The holistic plan and approach for such areas was discussed in a threadbare manner with all the developmental department secretaries of the state. Critical gaps in road connectivity, education, health, social security and food security were deliberated upon.
It was suggested that norms relating to old age pension, appointments of anganwadi workers, police constables and all other schemes should be made for candidates of these tribal dominated districts. Population norms linked to various schemes will also be relaxed since most of the Naxalite pockets are scattered over small hamlets. So be it PMGSY roads or digging of tube-wells or for that matter providing electricity connection the population norm needs to be dispensed with.
Officials of the state government iterated their demands for additional CRPF battalions and funds from the centre. They also wanted five more districts ~ Sambalpur, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Kandhamal to be included in the security related district funding programme. As far as the implementation of the holistic plan which is to begin on an experimental basis in Rayagada and Malkangiri, the state will fund it from its own resources. But if, required it can seek additional funds from the centre, said home department sources here today.
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BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 31: The Border Road Organisation (BRO), will be entrusted with the task of laying roads in Naxalite areas of Malkangiri and Rayagada district where contractors are reluctant to take up such work fearing threat from the ultras.
In fact the same organisation has been asked to lay roads in 8 districts of the four Naxalite states of Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh revealed home ministry sources today. Orissa will also develop a holistic plan involving socio-economic measures, filling up of critical gaps and security related steps for Rayagada and Malkangiri districts within a fortnight said state home secretary Mr TK Mishra.
Decisions relating to the ultras affected areas were taken at a meeting attended by state home department officials, union joint secretary Mr Dinesh Singh and joint director Intelligence Bureau Mr DP Sinha today.
The holistic plan and approach for such areas was discussed in a threadbare manner with all the developmental department secretaries of the state. Critical gaps in road connectivity, education, health, social security and food security were deliberated upon.
It was suggested that norms relating to old age pension, appointments of anganwadi workers, police constables and all other schemes should be made for candidates of these tribal dominated districts. Population norms linked to various schemes will also be relaxed since most of the Naxalite pockets are scattered over small hamlets. So be it PMGSY roads or digging of tube-wells or for that matter providing electricity connection the population norm needs to be dispensed with.
Officials of the state government iterated their demands for additional CRPF battalions and funds from the centre. They also wanted five more districts ~ Sambalpur, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Kandhamal to be included in the security related district funding programme. As far as the implementation of the holistic plan which is to begin on an experimental basis in Rayagada and Malkangiri, the state will fund it from its own resources. But if, required it can seek additional funds from the centre, said home department sources here today.
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