Ganjam

Ganjam: Aerial view of flood-affected Ganjam district, Saturday, Oct 13, 2018.

A 22-year-old engineering student was arrested on Wednesday over the death of a four-year-old boy in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.

The Met forecasted rain accompanied by lightning in the southern and coastal districts including Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri.

A 54-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Odisha’s Ganjam district Saturday for raping a 12-year-old girl.

BJD’s Ganjam district president Ramesh Chaupatnaik said, “She is a young and educated woman.

Heavy rainfall may also occur at one or two places in Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, and Kandhamal during the subsequent 24 hours.

However, labelling the Gopalpur MLA as “tainted”, Ganjam BJD president Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik said “people are not with him because of his involvement in corruption”.

It has also withdrawn from many parts of Bolangir, Kandhamal and Ganjam districts and some parts of Nuapada and Kalahandi districts, the statement said.

The protesters started their rally from the local bus stand and reached the office of the Ganjam district collector where they gathered before handing over the letter.

About 8000 workers have returned to Ganjam in the last few days, and suddenly, the district’s Coronavirus count has shot up.

A man suffering from diabetic complications died in front of his house in Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Monday, after an ambulance driver refused to take him.

A migrant Odia worker from Ganjam district of Odisha reached his hometown from Surat in Gujarat after cycling for 14 days.

As per the request made by the state government, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has cancelled one pair of train and withdrawn the stoppages of the trains in Ganjam district, a railway official said.

Ganjam again emerged as the worst-affected district, reporting 216 cases — over 200 in consecutive days.

Lambodar Muni, a milk trader, was found dead inside a godown at Hilpatna in Berhampur in Ganjam district.

Meanwhile, the state government has added 1,000 hospital beds in high caseload places like Ganjam, Bhubaneswar and Khurda in the last seven days.

Notably, Ganjam reported 107 fresh COVID-19 cases Thursday.

Of the six COVID deaths reported Wednesday, three were from Ganjam district.

On Sunday, the first ‘Shramik Special’ train to Odisha, carrying around 1,150 migrant workers stranded in Kerala, arrived in Ganjam district, officials said.

The Ganjam district administration has tightened security arrangements around few quarantine centres in the district.