BJP national general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal urged the public to vote for BJP in general election to see Modi as PM

SOUTH ODISHA BJP CADRE GEAR UP FOR 2014 ELECTIONS

A meeting of MLAs, ex-MLAs, office-bearers and senior party workers of the BJP from 10 organisational districts of south Odisha such as Koraput, Rayagada, Malkanagiri, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Chhatrapur, Bhanjanagar and Brahmapur was held in Berhampur city on Wednesday under the chairmanship of former MP Prasuram Majhi.

Speaking on the occasion, BJP national general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal urged the public, especially youths, to vote for the party in the ensuing general election to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister. He recalled that Modi, after becoming chairman of the party’s Campaigning Committee, first visited Puri to seek Lord Jagannath’s blessings before embarking on a countrywide tour. He urged party workers to make Modi’s February 11 rally in Bhubaneswar a great success.

Lal said the BJP has decided to knock at every citizen’s door with an appeal to cast their votes to make Modi the next Prime Minister. He discussed how to effectively manage booths. Odisha is crucial for the BJP as elections for both State Assembly and Parliament are to be held simultaneously here, he said.

BJP State observer Arun Singh said the BJD is responsible for the poverty of Odisha and its Government cannot escape from its liability in the coal and chit fund scams.

BJP leader and former Deputy Speaker of Assembly Rama Chandra Panda said that interestingly common people are ahead of the BJP in creating public opinion for Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister since they believe that Modi is the right person to lead the national Government as ‘Bikas Purush’. Among others, the party’s senior leader Prasanna Mishra, Ganjam district president Bijay Swain and Bhrugu Buxipatra also spoke.

A public signature campaign was launched by party town president Rama Patra demanding to expedite the Janibilla-Dakshinpur piped water project. The party aims to collect signatures of 50.000 persons from the district for expeditious water supply to Brahmapur. The movement is spearheaded by senior BJP leader Rama Chandra Panda. Source: The Pioneer

Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) selected for National Urban Water Award

The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been selected for the National Urban Water Awards 2011-12.

Ponds before renovation 

The BMC has been declared joint winner in the ‘Citizen services and governance’ category. A communiqué regarding it has reached the BMC commissioner. The Central Minister for Urban Development would hand over the award at the National Urban Water Awards ceremony to be held in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi in the last week of January.

After Renovation  

The BMC had got nominated for this prestigious award under the theme ‘rebirth of water bodies in Berhampur for its citizens’. It may be noted that this major city of south Odisha happens to be a drinking water scarce city with low groundwater reserve. Through a major project, the BMC has been able to restore and revive 42 major water bodies in the city. This transformation has got it selected for the award. ‘Local Governance Network (LGN)’ was the advisory organisation of the BMC for the project. According to executive director of LGN, Piyush Ranjan Rout, the transformation of dying water bodies in Berhampur would set an example for other urban centres of Odisha, where water bodies are facing a threat of extinction.

Through a major project, the BMC has been able to restore and revive 42 major water bodies Source: The Hindu

Berhampur University (BU) celebrates 48th Foundation Day

Odisha Governor S C Jamir speaks for a better BU

Jamir laments that no Indian university is in the list of top 200 varsities in the world

Odisha Governor and Chancellor of Universities in the State S.C. Jamir called for enhancement of discipline among the faculty as well as students of the Berhampur University for its development and maintenance of ideal study atmosphere. Mr Jamir was the chief guest at the 48th foundation day celebration of Berhampur University on January 02. 

During the foundation day celebration, noted Odia author Amiya Bala Patnaik was honoured with citation and ‘angavastra’. Prizes and certificates were distributed to the students who had displayed excellence in academics and other fields. ‘Bhanja Bihar Reporter’, the house journal of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department of the university was also released by the Governor during the ceremony. Vice-Chancellor of the university Deepak Kumar Behera, chairman of the Post Graduate Council of the university Ashok Kumar Panigrahy and its Registrar Bhabani Prasad Rath were also present .

Mr Jamir also inaugurated the central conference hall and new academic block of the university during his visit to the campus. During the foundation day celebration, he handed over keys of three-wheelers to five Women Self Help Groups (WSHG) of fisherman community. These three-wheelers have been sponsored by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) for assisting the WSHGs through the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of the Berhampur University. The V-C, Prof. Behera said with support of the National Instutute of Rural Development (NIRD) with which the Berhampur University has signed an MoU, the NSS unit of the university was going to adopt seven villages in seven districts of south Odisha.

Massive plantation work

Mr Jamir lauded the restoration work on the Berhampur University campus after the devastation caused by the Phailin cyclone. He advised for massive plantation work to be taken up on the campus to restore the environment of the university campus. It may be noted that most large trees on the Berhampur University campus which were giving it a lush green look were uprooted during the cyclone.

He called upon the student, faculty and staff of Berhampur University to make New Year resolution to make it a major university of the country. He lamented that no university of India was in the list of top 200 universities in the world.

Knowledge intensive society

According to him, our society was fast becoming a knowledge intensive society due to which role of centres of higher education like universities has become very crucial. “Unlike natural resources knowledge is inexhaustible,” he said. Increase of quality of education and research as well as better infrastructure were keys of development in knowledge intensive society, he said.

According to him, there was no dearth of potential to improve our universities but it needs greater dedication of teachers. He stressed upon improvement of discipline among the teachers as he felt discipline to be the key to success. He wanted better relations between the faculty and the students and more dedication of teachers towards their duty. He called upon the teachers to inspire students through quality research in new avenues. He He said that at times students due to their indiscipline behaviour were causing much damage to their institutions. “Fate of your university is in your hands”, he said. Source: The Hindu & ToI