- 1$!'23 "22452678! 23 39652678! 237 !"! '#$()* #+, "#$%& !" #!$ %'$ ( ) %&',& $% &%- # $ %& ##$ "$% %$ $ & %$%$ &$% %%& * '+ $$ # %.%' # / %$ '%$#$ ()$'"$$ !"#$ %&!%'%( )0 + + has been taken to address resource gaps and consolidate mid a weakening footprint gains in these areas. Aof Naxal violence and a The list of the 70 districts “marked” improvement in the to be covered under the SRE security situation on the scheme includes five districts in ground, the Centre has Andhra Pradesh — East removed 20 districts out of 90 Godavari, Srikakulam, districts and one State out of 11 Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram affected States from the cover- and West Godavari — and 10 age of Central funding under districts in Bihar — the Security Related Aurangabad, Banka, Gaya, Expenditure (SRE) scheme for Jamui, Kaimur, Lakhisarai, conducting focused operations Munger, Nawada, Rohtas and against the ultras to contain the West Champaran. menace. In Chhattisgarh, 14 dis- The number of most affect- tricts will be covered under ed districts in terms of Naxal SRE — Balrampur, Bastar, violence has also come down Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, he India Meteorological from 30 to 25. These districts Gariyaband, Kanker, TDepartment (IMD) on account for 85 per cent of the Kondagaon, Mahasamand, Saturday said that the monsoon violence perpetrated by the Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, is unlikely to progress to Delhi, Naxals. Sukma, Kabirdham and Chandigarh, Haryana, remain- Uttar Pradesh is out of the hit States. The number of dis- Maoist violent incidents, a sep- Mungeli. ing parts of Rajasthan, west coverage of SRE as its three dis- tricts covered under the SRE arate category of “Most In Jharkhand, SRE will be Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab for tricts — Chandauli, Mirzapur scheme has now come down Affected Districts” was created applicable in 16 districts which the next 7-10 days. Meanwhile and Sonebhadra — no longer from 90 in 11 States to 70 in 10 in 2015 with 35 districts to is the highest number of dis- a private weather forecaster require targeted interventions States. SRE districts and the ensure focused deployment of tricts in any State and surpass- Skymet said that they do not for containing naxalism, offi- most affected districts were resources. Subsequently, fol- es even Chhattisgarh which expect the progress of mon- cials said. last revised in 2018. lowing a review in 2018, the used to be the worst soon further until July 6-7. Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, ty period,” it said. cient rain (-20 per cent to -59 Under the SRE scheme, the The review of the Naxal-hit number of districts was affected. Therefore northwest India, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi As per the IMD data, there per cent). Centre reimburses the bulk of districts was undertaken by the brought down to 30. including Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab during next seven was 43 per cent excess rain in The IMD further stated the expenditure incurred by the Union Home Ministry in con- A fresh review of these dis- Punjab, Rajasthan and west days”, the IMD said in its bul- northwest India, 36 per cent in that subsequently, moist east- Naxal-hit State, including ex- sultation with the affected tricts was undertaken recently UP, will continue with hot and letin on Saturday. central India, 3 per cent in the erly winds are likely to pick up gratia payment to civilians and States after which 23 districts in which nine districts were humid weather. It added that subdued rain- east and northeast India, and 7 in strength, causing enhanced security personnel killed by the have been excluded from the dropped and four districts ! “Prevailing meteorological fall activity is very likely to pre- per cent in the south peninsu- rainfall activity all along the ultras besides the expenses on SRE scheme and two new dis- added to determine 25 Most conditions, large scale atmos- vail over northwest, central la. Out of 36 subdivisions, Himalayan foothills regions of mobility, logistics and com- tricts have been added amid an Affected Districts. pheric features and the forecast and western parts of Peninsular seven recorded large excess north Bihar, north Uttar munication as also ammuni- improving security scenario Separately, a new category wind pattern by dynamical India during next five days. rain (60 per cent or more Pradesh, Uttarakhand and tion used for operations against across the so-called Red Zone. of the “Districts of Concern” Hyderabad: Fearing the spread models suggest that no “Isolated/scattered thunder- above normal), 14 recorded Himachal Pradesh around July the ultras by Central paramil- Additionally, one more dis- has been added to counter of coronavirus among Maoist favourable conditions are like- storm activity accompanied excess rain (20 to 59 per cent 1 and 2 leading to increased itary and police forces, among trict has been added as it was Naxal spread to new areas and cadres, a Maoist-couple sur- ly to develop for further with lightning & rainfall is excess), seven recorded normal inflow into the rivers originat- others. carved out of a district under to stop resurgence in the areas rendered before the police in advance of southwest mon- likely over these regions during rain (-19 per cent to 19 per ing/flowing over these The move follows a com- the SRE scheme. where the CPI (Maoist)-led Bhadradri Kothagudem dis- soon into remaining parts of this subdued monsoon activi- cent) and eight recorded defi- regions. prehensive review of the Naxal- Based on the criteria of violence is waning. The move trict of Telangana on Saturday. ! "# &'( O! #$ " )" ) police station and can lodge an $% $ %&'% (%&)%P FIR from any place any time hief Minister Naveen online in a virtual police station CPatnaik on Saturday at the State Crime Record district followed by five each were quarantine cases. facturers and the remaining 75 they constitute less than 5 per launched an extension of e-FIR Bureau. The complainant will from Bargarh, Cuttack and Khordha district reported &' per cent would be procured by cent of the State’s health sector. under the 5T initiative for also get an SMS alert on the Nayagarh, three from the highest 651 cases followed ( the State Therefore, if the private hospi- public place thefts. It will help progress of the investigation. Sundargarh, Puri and Ganjam, by Cuttack with 501, Baleswar Governments. tals procure 25 per cent of the people in lodging FIRs relating DGP Abhay gave the wel- two each from Angul, Jajpur 271, Jajpur 256, Puri 233, According to official vaccines, the State to chain snatching, laptop, come address on the occasion. and Kendrapada and one each Mayurbhanj 196, Bhadrak 158, sources, in Odisha only seven Government would lose its mobile theft, etc., at public Secretary to CM (5T) VK from Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur 145, Angul 133, hospitals are purchasing vac- legitimate places. Pandian was present in the vir- Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada 119 and Nayagarh ' cines from manufacturers and share. People need not go to any tual event. Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, 100. Mayurbhanj and Nuapada. As many as 19 districts ) And the Covid-19 caseload reported cases below 100. in the State rose to 8,97,062 Those are: Sundargarh 71, with as many as 3,554 people Koraput 69, Keonjhar 65, reported as positive in the 30 Rayagada and Malkangiri 61 districts and the State pool on each, Dhenakanl 56, tate Health Minister Naba the day. Kandhamal 38, Boudh 33, SKishore Das on Saturday he State on Saturday regis- In the last 24 hrs, 69,480 Bargarh 31, Balangir 31, urged Union Health Minister Ttered a high of 47 more samples were tested and the test Subarnapur 29, Gajapati 24, Harsh Vardhan to ensure con- Covid-19 deaths, with which positivity rate (TPR) stood at Ganjam and Nabarangpur 22, verting the vaccine procure- the total toll mounted to 3,848. 5.2 per cent. Kalahandi 21, Nuapada 20, ment ratio between State Maximum nine deaths Out of the new cases, 1,526 Sambalpur 18, Jharsuguda 11 Government and private hos- were reported from Khordha were local contacts and 2,028 and Deogarh eight. pitals from present 75:25 to 95:05 so that it can benefit Odsiha, which has started vac- cinating as many as three lakh people daily from June 21. Das referred to the State Additional Chief Secretary (Health)’s recent letter to the tate Capital city Bhubaneswar on Saturday registered 374 new Covid-19 positive cases, with Union Health Secretary on Swhich the total tally rose to 88,862. June 14 in this Out of the new cases, 297 were local contacts and 77 were quarantine cases. regard. The local contacts included 23 cases in Chandrasekharpur, 19 in Khandagiri, 10 each in The Union Government Dumduma and Patia and nine in Baramunda. earlier in the month has decid- Currently, the active cases stood at 1,484 in the city. ed that private hospitals can So far, 430 persons have succumbed to the disease. purchase 25 per cent of the vac- However, 389 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 86,927. cines directly from the manu- Congratulating the personnel for joining the police service, !" Patnaik said, “I am sure ###$ % your parents and fami- lies are proud of your achievement. As youth are the future of our State, investment in sports is investment in he State Government on youth. Investment in TSaturday recruited 39 mer- youth is investment in itorious sportspersons, 30 the future of this State.” women and nine men, from “We have embarked various sporting fields in the on a journey to make State police service. Odisha a sports power- Earlier, 96 sportspersons house. In the last few years, a great success for the State,” The State has partnered had been appointed in various Odisha has featured promi- Patnaik said. with corporate houses and ranks of police in six phases. nently in the sports sector in He pointed out that the eminent sportspersons to start Chief Minister Naveen the country.