The Mining Scam Has Hit Hard to the Naveen Government

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Akhand

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Dubbendu Chakrabarty in Bhubaneswar

As We all know that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is been known for his lethargic approach towards all the developmental works of Odisha. And from now on the new hot topics of these winter season in the Mining Scam by his own loyal Administrative officers of the state. Every time if any sankat struck to the Naveen power their own Vishmapitamaha roses to the Occasion. As we know about the Bandhutiva between BJD/BJP to create a Ram Rajya. But these times it will be hard for Naveen to gobble out the entire fruits of Mine, the reason is been very clear as Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mahapatra yesterday has given in an interview to a private TV channel that ” Chief Minister is the only concerned person who will give the answer to these”.

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26 crew members of ill fated sunken ship repatriated today

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Akhand

By Rajesh Kumar Behera

blackroseThe long wait of the 26 crew members of the ill-fated Mongolian based sunken Ship”MV.Black Rose”  , who were stranded at a Paradip based hotel since  last 9th September  after the Black Rose ship sunken due to technical snag near Paradip port  ,to go to their country and to see their family members  ended today .As these ill fated crew members of Sunken Ship  Black Rose were repatriated to their countries on Tuesday afternoon by the port authority  following the Director General of Shipping ,Mumbai gave green signal for repatriations  to the Paradip Port Authority on Monday .As a result the Immigration authority , local police and Port authority later permitted these hapless stranded crew members of  Black Rose to go to their native land .

According to Santanu Dash , the SDPO of Paradep , out of the  26 crew members ,who on Tuesday started their homeward jounrney ,17 were Bangladeshis three Russians and six Ukrainians and have been put up at the Aristocrat hotel in Paradip after they were rescued from the sunken ship on 9th September.

Notably,  the crew members earlier sought the help of the Bangladesh High commission, Ukraine embassy and Russia embassy in New Delhi to leave the port town Paradip for their countries. They earlier also threatened to go for hunger strike if they would not permitted to go to their country.

The  Sea Trans Maritime , the agent of the sunken ship, made all the arrangements for the stranded crew members at to reach at the Bhubaneswar –based Biju Pattnaik Airport .On Tuesday at about 12 pm , all the stranded crew members were boarded on a bus and started their journey towards Bhubaneswar airport .A police team escorted the crew members  in order to see off them at Bhubaneswar air port ,added Santuanu Dash.

Their joys know no bound and joyous tear were rolling on their eyes when they were boarded in the  vehicle as they are sure that finally their bad days are over and they are going to be freed from the alien land and would able to see their near and dear one within some days, said a senior police officials

On Monday when we came to know that we a re going to be set free on Tuesday , I told my wife over telephone that I will reach home in Chittaganj on Thursday. My wife was delighted and she was speechless for some seconds after she came to know that the long ordeal of not seeing him is going to be ended within a day or two , said a delighted Abdul Hussein(40) a cook of the sunken ship .

Repatriation was delayed as the sunken ship anchored in the port by furnishing forged and fabricated insurance papers and other documents. Whereas necessary documents were not with the  26 crew members for repatriating the crew members to their country .for which   the crew members  were staying in a hotel in Paradip under the watchful eyes of the marine police and port officials,added Dash, the SDPO.

The agent of the ship “Sea  Trans Maritime “ arranged the Sea Man’s book and other relevant documents by communicating with the embassies of Bangladesh, Ukraine and Russia as some of the crew members missed  in the sea .Later , the Sea Man’s Book and other relevant documents were submitted before the Director General of Shipping .

After examining all documents the Director General of Shipping  allowed them  to leave from Paradip .

The Bangladeshi crew members are going to be boarded on flight which is scheduled to depart on 8 pm today  from Bhubaneswar  air port  to Kolkota .Later, they will fly to their country from Kolkata ,whereas Russian and Ukraine crew members will fly from New Delhi to their countries as per the scheduled flight time .

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8 fishermen arrested ,one trawler seized in national sentury

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Akhand

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, Orissa

GAHIRMATHATrawler seized and 8 fishermen arrested by forest officials for catching fish illegally inside the prohibited area of Gahirmath Marine Sanctuary The Bhitarkanika forest officials ,on Monday , arrested 8 fishermen and seized a mechanized fishingt vessel from their possession while they were catching fish illegally by entering unlawfully into the prohibited zone under Gahirmatha Marine sanctuary near Ekakaula,said P.K.Behera, the DFO of Bhitarkanika National Park. According to Behera ,While the forest officials were patrolling in the sea coast at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary ,they found that ta fishing vessel was catching fish illegally by entering into the prohibited zone of the sanctuary. Later ,the forest officials intercepted the fishing trawler and arrested the fishermen. The arrested fishermen were the residence of Dhamara area and they used to eke out their livelihood by fishing in the Bay of Bengal. On Monday evening , the Bhitarkanika Forest officials produced 8 arrested fishermen under Wildlife Protection Act,1972 before the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Court of Pattamundai where they were remanded into jail custody after their bail petitions were rejected ,informed DFO of Rajnagar Mangrove Forest and wildlife Division , Prasanna Kumar Behera. Notably, the State Forest Department has imposed ban on fishing around 20 km off the shore from 1st November to 31st May , as to protect the endangered marine turtles, which come en mass for laying eggs at Gahirmatha Marine sanctuary. This is the first seizure of fishing vessels intercepted for unlawful intrusion into water territory prohibited for fishing operation this year after the prohibition imposed on the water of Gahirmatha in Bay of Bengal on last November 1, added DFO . According to official sources, the turtles have either been killed when they are mangled by fishing trawler propellers or suffocated in fishermen’s nets in mechanized fishing vessels during the turtle mating and nesting season. If the Gahirmatha rookery is stated to be the largest rookery it also appears to be the biggest graveyard in recent years .The beaches instead of being beacons of new life have turned into mass graveyard due to illegal fishing by the fishermen ,who come in giant trawlers for catching fish , alleged turtle conservationists. The turtle mortality rate in one year is estimated at more than 10,000 per year. The last decade and a half has seen between 10,000 to 15,000 dead Olive Ridley sea turtles washed ashore every year along the coast of Orissa , largely victims of illegal trawling in near shore waters

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Strengthened coastal security to prevent a repeat of Mumbai attack: Indian Navy

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Akhand

Indian Navy has said that it has made all possible plans to ensure that a repetition of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack- like incident does not take place.

ins Addressing the media during the navy drill organised as a part of Navy Week, off the Paradip coast in Orissa, Rear Admiral P. Murugesan, VSM flag officer commanding eastern fleet, said: Along with the coast guards and coastal states, marine police the Indian Navy has made all possible plans, so that we do not allow any such (26/11 Mumbai attack) incidents to take place again.

The entire operation of the navy has been focussed towards coastal security, so that such a thing does not happen again, Murugesan added.

India has heightened coastal security in the country, on its borders and the coastal areas following the Mumbai attacks, which killed nearly 166 people.

Sea routes have emerged as the safest routes by terror outfits to carry out dreadful operations. In 1993 serial blasts that rocked Mumbai more than a decade ago and took a toll of more than 250 lives, the militants had smuggled in RDX and other explosives through the sea route.

India Government has said that the assault on Mumbai was carried out by Pakistan-based LeT militants, who must have had backing from some official Pakistani agencies.

Though Pakistan denies official involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks, but has acknowledged the coordinated attacks were launched and partly planned from Pakistan’s soil.

Murugesan said that they were aware of the vulnerability of the eastern coast to terror attacks and are ever vigilant.

East coast can be as vulnerable as any other coast. When we are guard one place, they will definitely come from place where we are least expecting, to that extent we are not leaving any portion of the east coast unguarded and unattended, Murugesan added.

Six naval warships – INS Rajput, INS Kirpan, INS Jalashwa, INS Kuthar, INS Kora and INS Kulish – were open for public viewing by Navy to create awareness about naval activities.

The drill was part of the navy week celebrations ahead of the Navy Day on December 4.

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Turtle arriving at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Orissa

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Akhand

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Rajesh Kumar Behera in  Kendrapara, Orissa

Much to the joy of turtle lovers and researchers , the  endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have started arriving  to Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary  ,the world’s largest rookery and one of the favourite nesting place of the endangered species, as the Bhitarakanika National Park authority have come across six carcasses of the endangered olive Ridley Sea turtle ,which were laying at the coast of Gahirmatha Marine sanctuary , informed Prasanna Kumar Behera, the Divisional Forest Officer of Rajnagar Mangrove Forest and Wildlife Division on Sunday.

The laying of half dozen of Olive Ridley carcasses at the coast of Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary  gives an ample indication that  the endangered species have entered into the water of  Bay of Bengal for mating and nesting season this year  and are now in deep sea.

According to the scientists of Wildlife Institute of India (WII),Derahdun ,they have already sighted the mating phenomenon of  several pair of endangered  olive Ridley Sea turtles  at the deep sea at the Bay of Bengal this year .

The scientists of WII informed that generally the endangered species ,which is a highly threatened species under Wildlife Protection Act,1972 and accorded highest protection like endangered tigers , movement are found  in the deep sea of Bay of Bengal  and Northern Indian Ocean round the year but it comes to the coast of Bay of Bengal during the winter season in order to lay eggs enmass at sandy beaches of Gahirmatha Marine sanctuary besides Devi river mouth and Rushikulya .Such fact has been established recently through satellite picture as the olive Ridely sea turtle ,on whose carapaces Satellite Telemetric Transmitter were fitted last year , were found moving in the Bay of Bengal and Northern Indian Ocean.

According to official sources, the female olive Ridley sea turtles lay 120- 150 eggs in a go. The female turtle arrive at the coast at the dead of the night and after laying eggs and later  they get back into the deep sea water. Hatchlings emerge from these eggs after 45-60 days and find their way to the sea creating a cacophony. It is one of the Nature’s rare phenomenon where babies grow without their mother.

Sea turtles, in general, nests at night. During the breeding season, males and females  migrate from their feeding ground  to the breeding ground ,mating occurs in the offshore waters  of the breeding The female turtles tend to move towards the beaches in large synchronized concentrations. They lay their eggs at midnight in 45 centimeters pits, which they dig with their rear flippers. After laying the eggs in the pits, the female turtles cover the nests with sand and return to the sea in a zigzag manner to confuse predators about the location of the nests,added official sources .

According to official sources, the endangered species mortality rate is so high that one egg out of every 1000 eggs laid, ultimately hatches and the hatchlings survives to become

An adult Olive Ridley.The eggs ,which were hatched in low temperature ,most yield males.

The arribada , a Spanish term  used for mass nesting phenomenon ,generally occurs during the mid week of January to end of February  as it has been seen  in  past couple of years that the mass nesting phenomenon has occurred at Orissa coast during the specified period.

The  Bhitarkanika Forest personnel has  taken comprehensive measure to ensure the safety of the turtle during the mass nesting. The Bhitarkanika Forest officials have imposed a ban order on fishing activities inside the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary around 20 km off the shore from 1st November to 31st May,2010 .The forest officials have effectively enforced the ban order under the Orissa Marine Fishing Regulation Act,1982 and Orissa Marine Fishing Rules,1983 .The forest department has sought the help from coast Guards, Marine police to step up surveillance inside the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary by restricting illegal entry of trawlers for fishing in the restrict zone ,added Behera, the DFO.

In a bid to give protection to the Olive Ridleys Sea Turtle ,during the ongoing mass nesting , at Gahirmatha, the world’s largest rookery  of  these marine species, the forest department has also sought the help of DRDO

To prevent illegal fishing activities inside the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary , two sea worthy modernized vessels “Olive Ridley “ and “Sea Horse “  which came from Gujarat are going  to be engaged by forest department  for patrolling  inside the Gahirmatha in the ongoing turtle season,added the scientists of WII.

The  scientists of Derhadun –based Wildlife Institute of India(WII) with the help of  State Forest Department  are optimistic and expecting  to fit  more Platform Transmitter Terminals (PTTs) commonly known as  Satellite Telemetric Transmitter on carapaces of  olive Ridley Sea turtles in the three nesting sites of Olive Ridley turtle ,including Gahirmatha , of the state  in this ongoing turtle season.

Notably, last year the WII scientists fitted 33 Satellite Telemetric Transmitters, including 14 numbers  of PTT at Gahirmatha ,12 numbers at Rushikulya and 7 numbers of PTT at Devi , on female and male turtles with an aim to monitor the movement and to get  more important information  regarding  the turtle’s behaviour and  the place from where they start for annual sojourn to Orissa coast.

Couple of years back ,  the scientists of WII  had fitted 30 transmitters on the carapace of the turtles ,including 10 at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary.

It is pertinent to note here that the ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on 2006  had  provided Rs  3.5 crore to the WII to fit the satellite transmitters on the 70 turtles in Orissa to get from it information on the movements and habits of the turtles and do research on the turtles for three years.

According to forest official sources , each  PTT,which were fitted on the carapaces of the turtle , coasts about 5,000 USA dollar .Scientists of WII informed that the PTTs  have temperature sensors and surface time counters to indicate the proportion of time spent on the surface.  The transmitters ,which were fitted on turtle, send high frequency signals that are received by polar orbiting weather satellites. The transmissions are first decoded to identify the transmitter , as each has a unique code. The latitudes and longitudes can   be plotted  on a map and the migratory routes of the turtles traced

Experts of their view that the tranquil beaches of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary is considered to be the most congenial habitat for the mass nesting phenomenon of these species.

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No relation with Indian Maoists : Prachanda

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Akhand

BIRGUNJ (NEPAL): The political parties are likely to reach a consensus within a week, chairman of UCPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal said in an interaction programme in Parsa on Sunday morning.

prachandaDahal revealed that he and his party members have been engaged in crucial talks with the leaders of the other political parties and further said he would intensify them once he returns to the capital. He also said his party was showing extreme political flexibility and warned his party’s critics not to interpret it as a weakness of his party. He described the present government as a puppet formed through unconstitutional methods and further added that the protest programmes of his party were for civilian supremacy not an outcome of power lust. However, he stressed on the formation of an inclusive government under the leadership of his party.

He backed the UNSG’s suggestion on the peace process of Nepal and further said that the UN has been playing a constructive role in the peace process. Any attempt to criticise the UN move was equivalent to protesting the peace process of Nepal, added Dahal. He reiterated his party’s view of maintaining equidistant and balanced relations with China and India. He refuted the accusations that his party had illicit relations with Indian Maoists in the present context but revealed that they were in touch during the decade long conflict.

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Maoists getting weapons from China: Home Secretary

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Akhand

New Delhi: Government today indicated that China may be a source of arms for Maoists with whom it is willing to have a dialogue but they should abjure violence.
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“Chinese are big smugglers… suppliers of small arms. I am sure that the Maoists also get them,” Pillai said when asked if the Naxals were having links with China.

This is for the first time that someone high in the government has said that the Maoists are getting arms from China.

He, however, said the government no information that the Maoists have any links with China except getting arms. “I do not think so, except getting arms,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

Pillai did not elaborate on the source of the Chinese arms.

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Villagers worship a rare fresh water turtle in Orissa

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Akhand

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara (Orissa)

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Since last Thursday the inhabitants of Khadipala village and its nearby villages under Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district are worshipping a rare fresh water turtle as the carapace of the turtle is marked with the eyes of the Lord Jagannath . The rustic and gullible villagers considering the turtle as the incarnation of Lord Jagannath have been worshipping the turtle.

According to sources, one Ramesh Patra, an inhabitant of Khadipala ,caught  the turtle from a nearby river and brought to his home. Later he discovered  the spotted marks which is in the turtle carapace got the similarity with  the eyes of the Lord Jagannath .As a result taking into account that the turtle is a rare one and it might the incarnation of Lord Jagannath ,the villagers  started worshipping the turtle.

”This rare turtle is an Indian Soft shell Turtle (Aspideretes gangeticus) This turtle is one of the most critically endangered species of fresh water turtles in the country. . ‘This species has legendary status among the people of Orissa”, informed a senior officer of Bhitarkanika National park.

Many residents were seen in making queue  to take a glimpse of the rare turtle and to get an opportunity to  worship the turtle believing that with the worship of rare turtle, in whose carapace two black spot alike the eyes of Lord Jagannath is marked, would  bring good fortune.

As the turtle is considered to be the second incarnation of the powerful god Vishnu in the Hindu religion. After a great flood, which occurs every four billion years and dissolves the earth, Vishnu transforms himself into a great turtle. On his back, he carries a vessel in which the gods and demons mix the elements necessary to re-create the globe. After a thousand years, when the earth has been reborn, the turtle remains in place, and on his back stands a large elephant, which support the planet.

‘This is one of those mythical species that people always talked about but no one ever saw, so it’s hugely significant that we found this lone turtle in the wild .It gives a ray of  hope for a species that is on the verge of extinction.’ , added forest official sources of Bhitarkanika.

Soft-shelled Turtle is distinctive in appearance, having flat, smooth, soft, and rubbery rounded shells that are usually similar to pancake. Its back is olive, dark green or gray and the plastron is white or pink in color. It has webbed feet, long necks and elongated proboscis-like snouts bearing the nostrils at the tip. Females are considerably larger than the males.

Soft-shell Turtles are swift-moving carnivorous reptiles. The species lives in slow-flowing rivers or ponds with sand or mud bottom. Sometimes the turtle lies buried in mud or sand and occasionally emerge to bask in the sun. The tissues in the pharynx help the reptile to extract oxygen for respiration from the water. It is aggressive when captured and is capable of biting viciously.

To protect itself from predators, it spends 95 per cent of its life hidden in sand or mud with only its eyes and nose showing.It is Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (2).

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Agitation to vacat Section 144 CrPC in Orissa mosque

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Akhand

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara

mosqueAbout 150 Deobandi  community members ,including women, of Golarahat and Chasakhanda under Derabish block on Saturday staged a mass demonstration in front of  the Derabish Tehsildar’s office at Chhata protesting the step motherly attitude of the district administration for illegally locking the mosque by clamping Section 144 of CrPC and not allowing pesh Imama and the Mouzzan to perform five time prayer in the mosque despite the fact that the chairperson of the State Wakf  Board on last 7th October asked the district administration in this regard .

According to the demonstrator, the district administration on last 24th September night clamped Section 144 of CrPC at the Derabish-based Tehttul mosque following tension erupted between the two group members of minority community over appointing an Imam in the mosque.

Tension erupted between the Bareli group members of Minority community and Deobandi group members over the appointing of a Bareli group Imam in the mosque where an Imam has already been working in the mosque which has been appointed earlier by the Deobandi community.

Notably, the chairman of Orissa Board of Wakf, Sayed Osatullah, in its letter no 455/OBW , dated 7.10.09 wrote to SP of Kendrapara, Nara Sundar Mishra, and the Tehsildar of Derabish by informing that for maintaining peace and tranquility ,promulgation of Section 144 Cr.P.C  is seemed to be a correct step to stop violence but on the other hand imposition of Section 144 Cr.P.C on mosque or the temple or any religious institution is something which hurt the sentiments of the devotees As a question of amicable settlement has arisen the steps will be taken to settle the matter .But no action has been intiated in this regard.

Since from that day on wards both the group members were organizing prayer in the road or at the orchard as police barred both the group not to enter into the mosque .Since last 24th September , the mosque is yet to be unlocked .Even the Pesh Imam and the Mouzzan were not allowed to enter into the ,mosque for performing five time namaj.

Demanding before the Tehsildar of Derabish to take steps for unlocking the mosque by vacating the clamped Section 144 CrPC and allowing the pesh Imam and Mouzzan for performing five times namaj , the Deobandi group members organized mass demonstration .

The demonstrators later gave memorandum to the local tehsildar .If their local  tehsildar would not able to solve the problem ,then they would gheraoed the District Collector’s office in the coming days ,informed the demonstrators.

When contacted , the Tehsildar of Derabish , Sarat Chandra Dash, informed that as the situation is still tensed between the duo group members . Keeping in mind that at any moment lawlessness would erupt once again in the area between the two groups ,Section 144 CrPC is still clamped. The district administration would take steps after 24th November either to vacate the order to  continue the Section 144 CrPC accessing the situation in the coming days .

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Dadhi nauti fixed at the Dalit’s Laxmi temple inside the premises of Tulashi Khetra

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Akhand

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The arch stone (Dadhinauti) of the under construction Laxmi temple was fixed  at the premises of Tulashi Khetra on Thursday amid religious fervour by the fishermen community of undivided Cuttack district .

While in many parts of Orissa scheduled caste persons are still treated as untouchable and were restricted by upper caste people to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of  several Hindu temple in these parts, but in a break from tradition  , the scheduled caste people of  a particular community of undivided Cuttack district  has dared to construct a  shrine for  their own inside the premises of Baladevjew temple at Tulashi khetra of Ichhapur located outskirts of the township area possibly  in order to put an end to  the Dalit’s temple entry row and also to allow all the upper caste people to worship the deity .Now the temple construction work is going on in full fledged amid the co-operation of Baladevjew Endowment committee members.

If sources are to be believed, the scheduled caste community  especially the Kaibartya Samaj  (fishermen Society) of undivided Cuttack district have started the temple construction work of the Goddess of Wealth  “Laxmi” inside the premises of  Kendrapara’s Baladevjew temple since last 82 years . But due to the paucity of funds the temple construction work was delayed .since last 2008  the pace of temple construction work was going on and the arch stone was established in the temple on Thursday.

According to Arjuna Charan Behera, the president of Laxmi temple construction committee, while other scheduled caste community have constructed their own temple either outside or in a distance place from Baladevjew temple premises   but their fishermen community has got the exclusive rights from the then Temple Managing Trust to construct a Laxmi temple inside the Baladevjew temple on1927.

Keeping in mind the necessity of Laxmi temple inside the premises of Baldevjew temple at Tulashi Khetra, their predecessors  had decided to  construct a Laxmi temple as it sans in the Baladevjew temple  though the deity has been worshipped in the sanctum sanctorum with Lord Baladev, Subhadra and Lord Jagannath in the pedestal  .

Another reason behind  constructing Laxmi temple by the fishermen community  is that  Goddess Laxmi symbolizes the goddess of both upper caste and lower caste communities .She  made Lord Jagannath promise that there would be no distinction between low-caste and high-caste for honoring Jagannatli prasada for which they had decided to erect a temple for the deity. By taking the Wealth Goddess as their community presiding deity , they  planned to erect a temple for the deity.

According to members of fishermen society  ,last year, the Gajapati maharaj  , Sri Sri  Dibya Singh Deb, visited to Tulashi Khetra  to worship the deity . The priests of the temple offered the Gajapati to take Prasad ,but when Gajapati discovered that tulashi khetra  sans Laxmi temple , he returned back without eating anna Prasad (rice bhoga) .

According to Annanta Charan Dalai, a fisherman, In 1927 their predecessor had taken the task of setting up a Laxmi temple .Later due to funds crunch ,the temple remained incomplete. Later, on 16th February 1933 the fishermen of undivided Cuttack under the fold of ‘Chaunri Samiti ‘  formed a “Nikhila Utkala Kaibartya Sangha” and had entrusted the sangha to complete the temple .Due to slipshod attitude of their fellow community brethrens and shortage of funds has made the temple constructed work move on a snail pace though more than eight decades have been passed to the foundation stone laid for the purpose of constructing Laxmi temple .

“The temple has been built with the help of contributions made over a long period of time by each fishermen  family of the undivided Cuttack district  . The Fisherman Society has collected funds from every household of undivided Cuttack for this purpose .Even the Fisherman society had also collected funds  from well settled  persons of  their community in and outside the state “, said Brahmanada Behera, a member of Fisherman Society (Kaibartya Samaj) of Undivided Cuttack.

The fishermen community have already spent 12 lakhs of rupees,which they have collectedfrom their community members , for establishing Laxmi temple .Neither they have taken a single rupee from other community members nor from any MP, MLAs ,added Bishnu charan Behera, a member of  the Laxmi temple construction committee.

“We are hopeful, the temple construction work would be completed in 2010. Later, we would erect a white  mugni stone image  of Laxmi Devi ,which we would bring from outside the state “,told Arjuna charan Behera.

The construction of a Laxmi temple inside the temple premises ,which has undertaken by the fisherman community by donating rupees from there own pockets,  is really  praise worthy one  .Now people from all strata of life  would get opportunity to worship the Laxmi temple on daily basis which was earlier not available in the Baldevjew temple  premise , informed Nrusingha Charan Patri , the pujapanda of  Baldevjew temple in Tulashi khetra.

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