Vehicle runs into cattle herd in Odisha; 13 animals killed
Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 22 (PTI): At least 13 cattle were killed and three injured when an unidentified vehicle ran into a herd on the National Highway-16 in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Sunday, an official said.
The incident happened near Berhampur’s Lanjipalli area.
Getting the information, veterinary department officials, police and fire personnel reached the spot.
“We found 13 cattle dead on the spot and three others injuries. The injured cattle were brought to to the veterinary hospital," Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO), Anjan Das, said.
The carcasses of the cattle were buried by the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC).
The condition of the injured animal was stated to be serious. They sustained fractures in the legs and other parts of the body, he said.
The owners of the animals probably abandoned them on the road at night, the veterinary official said.
All of these affected were domestic animals, as they have ear-rings attached to them by the BeMC and veterinary department, he said.
The official said no one, however, came forward to claim the carcass or injured animal at the spot.
“We have asked our officers to find out the owners of the dead and injured cattle by scanning the tags, installed as the earrings,” he added.
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Odisha: Normalcy returns to violence-hit Malkangiri; internet services fully restored
Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
