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  • 800 kg cow dung stolen from village in Chhattisgarh, police register theft case

    By PTI
    KORBA: An unusual incident of the cow dung theft from a village in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district has come to light, police said on Sunday.

    An officer said 800 kg of cow dung worth Rs 1,600 was stolen from Dhurena village under Dipka police station limits on the intervening night of June 8 and June 9.

    “A formal complaint was lodged on June 15 by Kamhan Singh Kanwar, the head of village gauthan samiti,” Dipka SHO Harish Tandekar told reporters.

    The state government has been procuring cow dung at Rs 2 per kg under its ambitious ‘Godhan Nyay Yojna’ scheme for the production of vermicompost at gauthans- the dedicated area in villages where cattle are housed in the day time.

    A case was registered against unidentified persons for theft and further investigation is underway, the SHO added. 

  • Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 121 works costing about Rs 104 crore in Korba district in a virtual program organized at his residence office here today.

    Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 121 works costing about Rs 104 crore in Korba district in a virtual program organized at his residence office here today. In these works, Mr. Baghel inaugurated 28 works worth Rs.36 crore 28 lakh and performed bhoomi pujan of 93 works costing Rs.67 crore in Korba district.

    Health Minister Shri T.S. Singhdeo, Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey, School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam, Women and Child Development Minister Smt. Anila Bhendia, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shri Subrata Sahu were present at the Chief Minister’s residence, Raipur. Speaker of the Assembly Dr. Charandas Mahant, MP Smt. Jyotsna Mahant, Revenue Minister Shri Jaisingh Agrawal joined the program through video conferencing.

  • Chhattisgarh: Girl raped, killed along with father; six accused held

    By PTI
    KORBA: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and smashed to death with stones in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. The accused allegedly also killed the girl’s father and his four-year-old granddaughter, who were along with her, they said.

    Korba SP Abhishek Meena said that the incident occurred near Gadhuproda village under Lemru police station area on January 29, but came to light on Tuesday, following which six accused were arrested in this connection.

    The accused were identified as Santram Majhwar (45), Abdul Jabbar (29), Anil Kumar Sarthi (20), Pardeshi Ram Panika (35), Anand Ram Panika (25) and Uamshankar Yadav (21), all natives of Satrenga village in the district, he said. “The deceased man, a resident of Barpani village, had been working as a cattle grazer at the house of prime accused Manjhwar since July last year,” he said.

    As per the preliminary information, Manjhwar was going to drop the man, his daughter (16) and granddaughter (4) to their village on his motorcycle on January 29. On the way, they stopped at Korai village and Manjhwar consumed liquor, following which other accused also joined him, he said.

    The accused took the three victims to the foot of a hill surrounded by forest near Gadhuproda, where Manjhwar and another accused allegedly raped the teenage girl. He said that they smashed all the victims with stones and sticks and dumped them in the forest before fleeing from the spot. “When the deceased man’s son lodged their missing report at Lemru police station on Tuesday, police swung into action and rounded up six accused following their interrogation,” he said.

    Based on the statement of the accused, police reached the crime spot, where they found the injured rape victim alive and two others dead. She was immediately rushed to a local hospital, but succumbed to her injuries before reaching there, he said.

    Police said that the victims belonged to Pahadi Korwa tribal community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).

    He added that the accused were booked under sections IPC sections 302 (murder), 376 (2)G (gangrape) and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

  • 25 thousand farmers have sold 10 lakh quintals of paddy in Korba district so far

    The participation of farmers in the district has been significant in the purchase of paddy from December 1, 2020. All arrangements to sell paddy for farmers have been ensured by the district administration. So far more than 79 percent farmers have sold paddy as compared to last year. So far, one lakh eight thousand 722 metric tonnes of paddy have been purchased from 25 thousand 831 farmers of the district.

    Out of 32 thousand 590 farmers registered for selling paddy, 79 percent farmers have sold their paddy. On an average, the amount of paddy sold in two to three days is being transferred directly to the bank accounts of the farmers in the district. So far, more than Rs 203 crore 77 lakh has been paid in lieu of paddy sold to farmers.

    District Food Officer said that the government has set a target of one lakh 20 thousand 400 metric tonnes for the procurement of paddy for the district in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21. One lakh eight thousand 722 metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased. 11 thousand 678 metric tonnes of paddy is yet to be procured for target supply. Among the paddy purchased so far, thick paddy contains 97 thousand 115 metric tons, thin paddy one thousand 961 metric tons and Sarna paddy nine thousand 645 metric tons.