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BHUBANESWAR, OCT 15
IMD Tuesday declared thatsouth west monsoon hadcompletely withdrawn fromOdisha but predicted thun-derstorm in the state onOctober 17 and October 18.
The state received aboutseven per cent more rainfallthan normal this time, theIMD said.
"The south westMonsoon has further with-drawn from the remainingparts of Odisha and thusfrom entire Odisha onOctober 15," it said.
The withdrawal of themonsoon from Odisha onOctober 15 is considereddelayed but not a new phe-nomenon, said H R Biswas,the director of regionalmeteorological centre here.
There have beendelayed monsoon with-drawal from Odisha in 1973,1975 and 2010, the IMD said.
The department in itsforecast said that light tomoderate rain or thunder-shower is very likely tooccur at one or two places inKoraput, Malkangiri,Gajapati, Ganjam, Bhadrakand Mayurbhanj districts onOctober 17.
Monsoon finally withdrawsfrom Odisha: MeT office
PBD BUREAU/PTI
BHUBANESWAR, OCT 15
DGP BK Sharma on Tuesday suspend-ed the IIC of Astarang Police Station inPuri district for serious misconductduring the process of arrest and escortof a prime accused on October 6.
A release from the DGP’s officesaid Inspector Bulu Munda has beenplaced under suspension pendingdrawal of disciplinary proceeding.
“Inspector Bulu Munda of Puri dis-trict is placed under suspension witheffect from 15.10.2019 PM for his seriousrnisconduct during the process of arrestand escort of prime accused in AstarongaPS Case No.99. Notably, the IIC hadtaken a selfie with a murder accusedwhile on way to the Police Station.
DGP suspends IIC for‘serious’ misconduct
PBD BUREAU
SAMBALPUR/BHUBANESWAR, OCT 15
THE Mahanadi CoalfieldsLimited (MCL) continuedto suffer on Tuesday due
to the illegal stoppage of miningoperations by villagers atHingula area of Talcher coal-fields in Angul district, whilethe residents of Tumlia villagecalled off their strike at compa-ny's Basundhara Area inSundergarh district of Odisha.
Coal despatch at BalramOCP was forcibly stopped bythe villagers on October 6, whilethey stopped over burdenremoval at “mahalakshmipatch” on October 10.
The coal production from
the mine was stopped from sec-ond shift on October 12, arelease from MCL said here.
This illegal stoppage ofdespatch operations has affect-ed daily coal supply of 10,000tonne to the consumers, includ-
ing NALCO, JITPL, JSPL, BSLand GMR.
So far, about one lakh tonnecoal supply, around 30,000tonne coal production and morethan 1.6 lakh tonne of over bur-den removal has been affected
from Balram OCP.Meanwhile, at Basundhara
Area of company in Sundergarhdistrict, residents of Tumlia vil-lage called off their strike afterthree days this afternoon.
Stoppage of mining opera-tions at Kulda OCP, GarjanbahalOCP and Basundhara WestOCP of Basundhara Area hadaffected daily target of 53,000tonne coal production fromBasundhara area of company,the release added.
Work stoppage of just onehour at a coal mine of MCLcosts crore of rupees to thecompany and increasesproblem of fuel shortage atmany coal consumers, par-ticularly the thermal powergenerators.
Balram OCP in Talcher continues to suffer due to villagers’ stir
PBD BUREAU
ROURKEL A , OCT 15
THE SAIL,Rourkela SteelPlant (RSP) teamc o m p r i s i n gSampad Mishra,Senior Manager(Refractories) andSrimant KumarMallick, GM, MTIemerged winner in the northern zonalfinal of Tata Crucible Corporate BusinessQuiz-2019 held in New Delhi recently.
Teams from BHEL, Tata ConsultancyServices, Bank of Baroda, Barclays andOLA were the other teams which tookpart in the northern zonal final. The RSPteam will now take part in the National
level finals to be heldat Mumbai on 19thOctober, 2019.
Eight teams fromfour zones of thecountry will partici-pate in the competi-tion.
Earlier, the RSPteam won theQualifying CityRound held atJamshedpur. The
team won a cash award of Rs. 75, 000 anda trophy.
Notably, 'Tata Crucible - The BusinessQuiz' is a prestigious national level com-petition being organized by Tata Groupto bring together the sharpest young cor-porate minds in India to take on the heatof the toughest business quiz.
RSP team emerges winner in Northern Zonalfinal of Tata Crucible Corporate Business Quiz
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GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
P.H. DIVISION-II, CUTTACKe-procurement Notice for Bid Identification No. EEPH-II, CTC- 46 of 2019-20.
1. Name of the work. :- 2 Nos of P.H. Work.
2. Estimated cost :- Rs.6.95 lakhs to Rs 12.82 lakhs
3. Period of completion :- 3 (three) months.
4. Date & time of availability of bid document in :- From 11.00 AM of 18.10.19 to 5.00 PM of
the portal 28.10.19.
5. Last date / time of receipt of bids in the portal:- 5.00 PM of 28.10.19
6. Date & time of opening of bids :- 11.00 AM of 29.10.19
7. Name and address of the Officer Inviting Bid :- The Executive Engineer,
P.H. Division-II, Nayabazar, Cuttack –
753004, Odisha.
Ph.(0671) 2441063, email:[email protected]
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BHUBANESWAR, OCT 15
ODISHA on Tuesday paidrich tribute to former presi-dent APJ Abdul Kalam onhis 88th birth anniversarywith Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik recalling the associ-ation of the 'Missile Man'with the state.
Kalam had spent con-siderable time in Bhadrakand Balasore districts as partof his efforts to launch mis-siles for the protection of thecountry.
"Humble tribute to for-mer President Dr#APJAbdulKalam on hisbirth anniversary. He had along association with#Odisha & Wheeler Islandhas been named after him asour fitting tribute to the mis-sile man. His vision and
humility will always ignitethe minds of youth," Patnaiktweeted.
The Wheeler Island,located approximately 10kilometres off the Odishacoast, is one of the countrysmost advanced missile test-ing range.
As a tribute to him,Odisha government hadrenamed the island inBhadrak district after the
former president.Kalam had also worked
at the Defence Research andDevelopment Organization(DRDO) unit at Balasore forlong as a missile scientist.
As part of his birthanniversary, programmeswere held mostly in educa-tional institutions.
Social media platformswere also flooded with postspaying respecting to him.
Kalam remembered on88th birth anniversary
PBD BUREAU
BHUBANESWAR , OCT 15
ADITYA Aluminium, aunit of the Metals busi-ness of theAditya BirlaGroup has set up a 24MW solar power plant atLapanga in Sambalpurdistrict.
This perfectly fits intothe grand scheme ofthings for the Odisha gov-ernment as by2022,Odisha dreams ofinstalling renewable ener-gy capacity of 2,750 mw,out of which 2,200 mwshall be from solar energy.
Inaugurated by ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaikthrough video conferenc-ing very recently, thisplant spans across 144acres of ash-filled landwith an investment of Rs151 crore.
At site, the proceed-ings were completed bythe Unit Head of AdityaAluminium – KailashPandey.
Power produced fromthe installed Solar projectwill be utilised by AdityaAluminium in the
Aluminium Smeltingprocess. The unit gainssome incentives by usinggreen energy.
According to theOdisha Renewable Policy,2016, the state hosts high-capacity captive powerplants (CPPs) which areobligated entities and arerequired to meet the solarpurchase obligation (SPO)as specified by the OdishaState ElectricityRegulatory Commission(OERC).
The entities can eitherset up their own solarprojects or purchasepower from state-fundedones to meet their SPO.
The average solarradiation for Odishastands at 5.5 kwh persquare metre, with aver-
age CUF (capacity utilisa-tion factor) at 15-17 percent for districts and closeto 300 clear sunny daysevery year.
This pollution-freegreen energy certainlyhas many advantages, butit comes with its ownshare of challenges, saysKailash Pandey, who hasa complete insight of thealuminium productionprocess.
“Smelters require aconsistent load networkand uninterrupted powersupply.For Aditya alu-minium, this load require-ment sums up to nearly658 MW which is huge.However, power fluctua-tions are very common insolar plants as power gen-eration depends on day-
light. Cloudy weather,Rains may also causehuge power swings,”Pandey points out.
Controlling turbo gen-erators during the powerswing is an upheaval taskin terms of boiler stability,electricity import andexport as we are connect-ed to the grid, he said.
Load and generationmanagement during gridislanding and blackoutconditions is anothermajor challenge.Regardless, AdityaAlumina has taken certainmeasures to overcome theissues, added Pandey.
The fluctuations inpower generation aretaken care of by the intel-ligent load shedding sys-tem, that is CompositeIslanding and LoadManagement System(CILMS).
Addition of Solarpower generation hasenabled AdityaAluminium and in turn,Hindalco to produceGreener aluminiumwhich shall lead to sus-tainability of the businessgoing forward.
Hindalco’s Green Initiativelending a hand to Odisha Govt
PBD BUREAU/PTI
BHUBANESWAR , OCT 15
A five-year-old whitemale tiger died at theNandankanan ZoologicalPark here on Tuesdaydue to liver-related ali-ments, a senior official
said.'Subhranshu', who
was a major attraction atthe zoo, died at about10.15 am followingmonth-long liver ailment,said Nandankanan Zoodeputy director JayantKumar Das.
"The white tiger sud-denly collapsed onSaturday and stoppedeating. He was treated byexperts from the OdishaUniversity of Agricultureand Technology (OUAT)but didn't survive," Dassaid.
Subhranshu was bornto Royal Bengal TigerMahesh and white tigressSneha on July 25, 2014.
With the death ofSubhranshu, the tigerpopulation at the zoo hascome down to 25, out ofwhich 12 are male and 13are females.
The white tiger'sdeath came weeks afterthe death of four ele-phants at the zoo due toHerpes Virus infection.
White tigerdies at
Nandankanan
