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Written by admin on 05 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) About 7,000 fowls were culled Sunday in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case was detected in a government-run institution, an official said.
“The culling operation was conducted by about 40 experts and veterinary personnel till late afternoon,” Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Director Benudhar Dash told IANS.
Culling is likely to continued for three-four days, he added saying that the government planned to cull about 40,000 birds.
The state authorities had recently sent three poultry samples from the city’s government-run Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Madhya Pradesh’ capital Bhopal after several chickens died.
The government decided to cull the birds after one of these samples tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus, Dash said. The CPDO has nearly 30,000 poultry birds.
While all these birds will be culled, the government has also planned to cull about 10,000 fowls present within three km area of the CPDO, he said.
The government has also restricted the movement of poultry and related products from the area to prevent the spread of infection after it received the lab report Friday.
The state had culled thousands of poultry birds early this month after bird flu cases were detected in Khordha, Mayurbhanj and Angul districts.
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Written by admin on 04 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) Odisha has banned the movement of poultry and related products from an area in the capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case surfaced in the city, an official said Saturday.
The state authorities had recently sent three poultry samples from the government-run Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal after several chickens suddenly died.
One of these samples tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus, state animal resources development department director Benudhar Dash told IANS. The CPDO has nearly 30,000 poultry birds.
Dash said to prevent the spread of infection, the movement of poultry and related products has been restricted from the area within a three km radius of the firm.
The state had culled thousands of poultry birds earlier this month after bird flu cases were detected in the districts of Khordha, Mayurbhanj and Angul. Although Bhubaneswar comes under Khordha district, this was the first case of bird flu reported in the city.
Dash said he is waiting for instructions from higher authorities on whether to carry out culling operations in the affected area.
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Written by admin on 03 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) Odisha’s State Commission for Women (SCW) Friday has sought action against the doctors who neglected a woman who was allegedly gang-raped in state’s Puri district in November last year, a senior commission official said Friday.
Commission chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi, in her report submitted to the state authorities Thursday, said the victim’s condition worsened due to the negligence of the doctors who treated her initially, the official, who did not want to be named, told IANS.
The 19-year-old victim has been in a state of comma after she was allegedly gangraped Nov 28 by some people near her village Arjunagoda, barely 10 km from the state capital.
Her family alleged the rapists were the same people who had assaulted her in 2008 and against whom she had put up a determined fight in court in a molestation case.
Although she was admitted to a local hospital Nov 29 a day later of the brutal crime and subsequently shifted to other hospitals, the shocking incident came to light only recently when the girl was denied proper treatment and some journalists reported the story.
The commission, citing initial medical reports, said the woman had injuries on her neck caused by partial hanging.
“As per law, if any information is received by a doctor regarding partial hanging, it is his duty to inform the concerned police station,” Panigrahi has stated in her report. This was not done, the official said, citing the report.
Besides, the chairperson found that the woman was discharged from hospitals on two occasions though her condition was very serious, the official dded.
“(If) proper steps in due time had been taken by the physicians of different hospitals, the health condition of the victim would not have deteriorated,” Panigrahi observed in her report.
The alleged gang rape has created a political storm, prompting Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy to resign Jan 19 on moral grounds after the opposition and the girl’s family alleged he protected her attackers.
The crime branch has already arrested four people and conducted lie-detector polygraph tests on them. A one man headed judicial commission led by a retired judge of the Odisha High Court is also probing the crime.
The state women panel submitted its report to the government at a time when Anita Agnihotri, the member secretary of the National Commission for Women (NCW) is in the state on a two-day trip from Thursday to probe the incident.
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Written by admin on 03 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) Endangered Olive Ridley turtles may delay their mass nesting at Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach, one of the world’s largest turtle nesting sites. The reason: climatic changes.
Over half a million turtles arrive and congregate in the shallow coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal from October to November and nest from December to March. Most hatchlings emerge by May.
Officials at the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary in Kendrapada district which houses Gahirmatha, 174 km from here, said the turtles were already found mating in the shallow coastal water, but the nesting time may get delayed due to adverse weather conditions.
“Nesting time may be delayed due to climate change. One of the main reasons is that the accretion of sand on the nesting beach is continuing due to the northerly winds,” Divisional Forest Officer Manoj Mohapatra told IANS.
“The turtles always prefer to nest after the accretion of new sand that occurs around this time. If they nest during the accretion, the eggs will get buried and hatchling success will be reduced,” he said.
“The beach condition is governed by climate change. Probably climate change has delayed the stabilisation of the beach,” he added.
Mohapatra said the delay in nesting is not a new phenomenon and such delay was also observed in the past.
“The carcasses of about 274 Olive Ridley turtles have been spotted since Nov 1 last year at various places on the coast near Gahirmatha,” he said.
Although he did not predict when the mass nesting will take place, he said adequate protection measures were in place to provide the turtles a trouble-free environment.
He said over 500 people were arrested and over 140 trawlers seized during the past three months for entering into the prohibited area of the nesting site.
The authorities have set up about 16 camps along the beach and the turtles are being monitored by nearly 100 activists and officials. As a result the turtle mortality has not increased, he said.
During the last three months about 900 turtles were found dead on the beach. The number is almost the same as last year’s figure around this time, the officer said.
While some turtles were killed after being hit by fishing trawlers, some died due to stress as they travel very long distance in sea. There were also many other reasons behind the mortality, he said.
An Olive Ridley on an average lays about 120 to 150 eggs from which hatchlings emerge after about 45 days.
The eggs are under threat from natural predators such as dogs, jackals, wild boars, crows and eagles and subject to being washed away due to beach erosion.
Like tigers and elephants, Olive Ridley turtles are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Trapping, killing or selling of the species could result in a maximum of seven years’ imprisonment.
(Jatindra Dash can be contacted at jatindra.d@ians.in)
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Written by admin on 02 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) Rourkela Steel Plant, a unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Thursday said it has registered the best performance in hot metal production in January.
During January, the steel plant made 2,05,005 tonnes of hot metal which is 7.7 percent more than January 2011, the company said in a statement.
The steel plant at Rourkela in Odisha, 514 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, produced 208,012 tonnes of hot metal in December.
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Written by admin on 02 February 2012
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) An official of the National Commission for Women (NCW) arrived in Odisha Thursday to probe a 19-year-old woman’s alleged gang rape in November last year in Puri district.
NCW member-secretary Anita Agnihotri, on a two-day trip to the state, visited Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCB) at Cuttack, 26 km from here, and met the woman’s relatives.
“I met the father and other relatives of the victim. I will submit a report to the commission soon,” Agnihotri told reporters after visiting the hospital.
The 19-year-old woman has been in coma after she was allegedly gang raped Nov 28 by some people near her village Arjunagoda, barely 10 km from this state capital.
Her family alleges that the rapists were the same people who had assaulted her in 2008 and against whom she had put up a determined fight in court in a molestation case.
The shocking incident came to light recently when the girl was denied proper treatment at a hospital and some journalists reported the case.
Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy resigned Jan 19 on moral grounds after the opposition and the girl’s family alleged that he protected the attackers.
Police have arrested four people. A one-man judicial commission, led by a retired judge of the Odisha High Court, is also probing the case.
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