Malkangiri in a sentence

Malkangiri: Tension prevailed in Malkangiri as hundreds of flood-affected locals of Poteru village staged a road blockade protesting the unavailability of electricity in the area for the past three days.

Malkangiri: Three members of a family were killed after their bike collided head-on with a van near MV-23 of Kalimela in Malkangiri district on Thursday.

Therefore, we have to depend on various hills in nearby Rayagada and Malkangiri districts, and also Shunki hills on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border,” says Kalpanga-based Dishari Singru Hantal.

During his last visit to Malkangiri March 28, 2023, the locals had made requests for the project.

Forecasting heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm), IMD’s Bhubaneswar regional centre has issued a yellow warning (be updated) for Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, and Deogarh.

The weather office has issued a ‘red alert’ (take action) of heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) till 8.30 am of Tuesday for 10 districts – Ganajam, Kadhamal, Nayagarh, Khurda, Bolangir, Boudh, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nawarangpur and Puri.

A tribal man was killed and two others were severely injured in an attack by suspected Maoists in a remote village in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Gajapati and Rayagada.

However, the flood-like situation in Odisha showed signs of improvement with the intensity of rains subsiding, while 933 villages were affected and 321 houses damaged in the worst-hit Malkangiri district.

The battalion of BSF is responsible for overall security in the ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ - erstwhile cut-off area- which includes Gurupriya bridge in Malkangiri district, it said.

Malkangiri district administration is ready with a roadmap to expedite development projects in the ‘Swabhimaan Anchal’.

The torrential rains claimed at least four human lives — one each in the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput and Malkangiri — besides affecting around 1.77 lakh people in 1,035 villages in the nine districts, an official said.

According to sources, the fire exchange began during a combing operation launched in the area by Malkangiri’s District Reserve Guards (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF).

Chitrakonda: Police nabbed two persons while they were smuggling ganja in a car under Chitrakonda police limits in Malkangiri district on Thursday.

Odisha police have stepped up security and put the force on high alert in Malkangiri district as Maoists observe Martyrs Week from today.

The review revealed that last year 30 blocks in 7 districts namely Rayagada, Nuapada, Malkangiri, Koraput, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Gajpati were included in the mission.