RALLY TO PROTEST THE ASSAULT ON SUB REGISTRAR & COLLECTOR SAMBALPUR

In  that shocking incident, as per the report of eyewitnesses and reliable sources a group of advocates went to the office of the Sub Registrar to protest against the hike in the registration fees. They insisted that since they have obtained a status qou order from the Hon'ble High court, the registration should be done in the pre revised rates. When Mr. Dehury insisted on a written communication from the high court, the lawyers argued with him and as tempers went high, abused and physically assaulted him. The Sub Registrar was beaten black and blue and he sustained grievous injuries on his person.When the Collector Sambalpur came to know of the incident, she rushed to the spot. Meanwhile the advocates had boarded a bus to Burla to protest in front of the WESCO authorities against the frequent power cuts. At that moment Collector Sambalpur went inside the bus and asked the lawyers the reason for their unruly behaviour and the criminal attack on the sub registrar. This was taken as a provocation by the lawyers, who not only abused her, but as the complaint of Mrs. Darswal goes also tried to outrage her modesty. As if that was not enough, the lawyers followed Collector Sambalpur, where ever she went, threw stones at her vehicle and in a planned move, forcibly entered her residence and vandalized the furniture, important files, the official vehicle in the residence. Not even for a moment did they think that, a lady officer stays there with her two small kids.

The government employees, members of the civil society and intellectuals of Rayagada today carried out a peaceful rally today protesting against the assault on Sri. Dehury, Sub Registrar Sambalpur and Smt. Mrilalini Darswal, IAS Collector & District Magistrate, Sambalpur. The rally was led by Collector Rayagada. Most of those present in the rally wore black badges as a mark of protest. rally started from Ambedkar Chowk and culminated in the Ma Majhi Ghariani Temple. There were no slogans raised in the rally. All present in the rally unequivocally condemned the high handedness of the advocates, who crossed all limits of responsible behaviour when the manhandled and badly injured the Sub registrar and what can be described as epitome of contempt for democratic ethos and rule of law, barged inside the residence of Collector Sambalpur, where the lady officer stays with there two small kids and damaged property including the vehicle, furniture and some important files in the camp office of Collector Sambalpur.

 This incident has evoked strong reactions throughout the country and the shameful acts of lawyers has been condemned by people all over the country. The govt employees of Rayagada district demanded a strong action against the criminals. The OAS association in Rayagada held an emergency meeting today and passed a resolution condemning the shameful lawless behaviour of the advocates and submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Odisha demanding a strong exemplary action against the culprits.

 People from all walks of life have condemned this incident, in which the advocates have sent down the drain the reputation of what is considered one of the most reputed professions. Those who are supposed to work for the rule of law, behaved like hooligans and anti socials. One of the senior Gandhian in Rayagada said that the activities of the vandals would put to shame even the most shameless of the criminals. Some of the Gandhians have resolved to carry out a peaceful movement in front of Gandhi statue in Gandhi park, Rayagada to protest against the growing violence in public life in the country, particularly against the incidents of kidnapping which the extremists have indulged in recent times.

 Collector Rayagada afer the rally said that there is no point pointing fingers at any particular the image profession. This incident should be looked as a handiwork of some anti social elements and condemned accordingly and that if highly educated and well meaning people like advocates behave like this, it is setting a very bad example for people in general.He also told that when people expect a clean, responsive and corruption free governance, people should also improve their thinking and public behaviour.

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RAYAGADA DISTRICT SELECTED FOR 'PAPERLESS OFFICE' PILOT PROJECT

Rayagada district has been selected for the pilot project for 'Paperless Office'. This is another feather in the cap of the district administration in matters of e-governance, after Implementation of the Biometric based Targeted PDS project in the district. The district has attained a reputation for being selected as a pilot district for a number of programs, even for those not linked to e-governance.

Aa apart of this initiative, a team from Bhubaneshwar, visited the district and in the presence of Collector Rayagada, conducted a meeting with the Deputy Collectors and dealing assistants of different sections of Collectorate, explaining them the concept of Paperless Office and the necessary changes that would be required to make this program a success.

The concept of Paperless Office involves conduci=ting the business of a particular office with the help of computers. Entire file work, including the note part and the correspondence part are done on the computer. Its basically the same system, which instead of doing on paper, is done on a computer.

Collector Rayagada informed that the district had taken several e-governance initiatives on its own, such as the file and letter tracking system and now this project seemed to be a god sent and that the district is fully prepared to implement this project, now that the support from the state is coming.

The team from Bhubaneshwar will assess the requirement of the Collectorate by studying all the sections for seven days and then working out a required plan for that.

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SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN RAYAGADA OPEN FOR PUBLIC

The much awaited opening ceremony of the foot suspension bridge in Rayagada was organized on 26th March 2012. The bridge has become a centre of attraction for the people of Rayagada and daily thousands of visitors flock to this place in the evening to enjoy the marvel of engineering in their district.

The bridge was formally dedicated to the people by Sri. Girish Bharadwaj, the bridge man of India. He has built more than 100 such bridges in South India, especially in his home state of Karnataka. He is the inspiration behind this bridge and has shared his technical expertise for this bridge free of cost.

Sri Bharadwaj, runs the Bharat Grama Sethu Pratishthana, a trust which believes in the using engineering skills for social causes. It aims at providing rural connectivity n a cost effective nad innovative way through foot suspension bridges. This trust has shown a new system of execution of public works, within and also outside the government system. Mr. Bharadwaj calls this need based connectivity.

Suspension bridges rarely figure in the government scheme of things. If at all it is only in the mega structure level. In the state of Orissa though, there exists a suspension bridge in Dhabaleshwar in the Cuttack district, suspension bridges are not in the schedule of the Works dept. This makes the achievement of the district IAP team a special one, as they achieved a feat of which there was no precedent in the state, as the earlier bridge was designed and executed by a Kolkata based agency.

Collector Rayagada said that though the district IAP team had decided for a suspension bridge over the river Nagavalli at the place called Chekaguda, it struggled for months together to find execution support and in thisphase all they could get was discouragement, as no dept was willing ot risk a project of which they had no experience. The district administration was left in lurch and but did not give up, as it very well knew the importance of this connectivity, that it was to connect 200 villages to the district HQ. When there was very little hope left, light came in form of Mr. Girish Bhartadwaj, who willing took the challenge, when most declined.

The cooperation of the Police Housing board, especially its MD. Sri. Sudhanshu Sarangi, IPS is also valuable, as they helped in floating the tender, when no dept came forward.

The most valuable of all is the spirit and enthusiasm of two young entrepreneurs of Rayagada. Sri. Ravi Prasad Dora and Sri. Narin Kumandan. their participation in this project was to be the most critical part. These two gentleman who the Collector and SP call as them the part of the 'dream team' took up the most important challenge, that of execution of the project.

This project will act as a prototype for such connectivity in other districts of the state and its a great joy to dedicate this to the people of the district Collector Rayagada said.

BAN ON MOVEMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN RAYAGADA PVTG AREAS

The district administration in its letter to all tour operators has said that in the light of the recent unfortunate events of abduction of foreign nationals in the state and after having taken all the factors relating to the security of foreign nationals into consideration, the district administration consciously decides to stop all movement of foreign nationals and tourists in the district's PVTG areas for an indefinite period of time. It further says that the district administration needs to reassess the security situation and that it will take a call on this issue of regulating the movement of foreign nationals and tourists in the district either way. Till that time no permission will be issued to foreign nationals and tourists to visit any part of the district.

This move is likely to hurt the tourism industry in the state, which is already in trouble because of the recent introduction of ban on photography in the PVTG areas of the state. There has been reaction from the tourism industry about this photography ban and a demand for relaxation of norms especially relating to photography as tourist are bound to carry camera to preserve the memories of their visits, say tourism experts.

The district administration however informed that this is a temporary measure and that the security of the foreign guests and other tourists is of paramount importance and any inconvenience that will be caused by this decision of the district administration is a small price to pay, than what could otherwise happen. It has also promised to get back the tourism activity on track as soon as possible in the district.

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