ODISHA REVIEW VOL. LXXVII NO.4 NOVEMBER - 2020 SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, I.A.S. Commissioner-cum-Secretary KRUPASINDHU MISHRA, O.A.S (SAG) Director DR. LENIN MOHANTY Editor Editorial Assistance Production Assistance Bikram Maharana Debasis Pattnaik Cover Design & Illustration D.T.P. & Design Manas Ranjan Nayak Hemanta Kumar Sahoo Photo Raju Singh Manoranjan Mohanty Niranjan Baral Santosh Kumar Sahoo The Odisha Review aims at disseminating knowledge and information concerning Odisha’s socio-economic development, art and culture. Views, records, statistics and information published in the Odisha Review are not necessarily those of the Government of Odisha. Published by Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar - 751001 and Printed at Odisha Government Press, Cuttack - 753010. For subscription and trade inquiry, please contact : Manager, Publications, Information & Public Relations Department, Loksampark Bhawan, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Rs.5/- Five Rupees / Copy E-mail : [email protected] Visit : http://odisha.gov.in Contact : 9937057528(M) i CONTENTS NOVEMBER - 2020 Harekrushna Mahtab and the Gadajat Movements in Odisha Pritish Acharya ... 1 At Bhitarakanika - A Tryst with Nature Lipsa Mohapatra ... 8 Paradip the Pioneer of Indian Ports Prabhat Kumar Nanda ... 9 The Regime of Terror Sonali Mohapatra ... 14 The Mountain Mahendragiri -An Eco-Heritage Dr. Sunil Kumar Patnaik Tourist destination Sarita Nayak ... 15 Population Growth & Food Security Through Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra ... 29 Celebration of Rastriya Ekta Diwas Dr. S. Kumar Swami ... 33 If I say “Oxygen is an Odia Word” !! Aditya Kumar Panda ... 35 Maritime Culture and Heritage of Ancient Odisha Pradeep Kumar Panda ... 39 Aa Kaa Maa Bai Er. Raghunath Patra ... 50 Overseas Trade and Maritime Heritage of Ganjam Dr. Benudhar Patra ... 51 Binayak Acharya as the Chairman of Berhampur Municipality Dr. Bharati Mohanty ... 59 Srinivasa Ramanujan - A Polestar of Mathematics Akshaya Kumar Nayak ... 63 Kalinga, The Benchmark of Our Prosperity Dr. Bhubaneswar Pradhan ... 68 ii BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab iii BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES Laxman Naik Jayee Rajguru Birsa Munda Nabakrushna Choudhuri iv v vi vii viii ix 5'T' INITIATIVE On-line Grievance Management System in Department of Water Resources, Odisha Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik launched four numbers of on-line services of Department of Water Resources under 5-T initiatives of Government of Odisha on 9th November 2020. These systems will immensely help the citizens, farmers, industrial and commercial water users and beneficiaries of community lift irrigation projects. Launching the application Hon’ble Chief Minister said “Farmers are the largest beneficiary of the Water Resources Department and their grievance can be resolved quickly by these applications. Under 5-T initiatives, these applications have directly linked the farmers with the Department of Water Resources, he added.” He also laid stress on creating massive awareness among the public on these online services launched for the DoWR for the benefit of farmers, industries and commercial establishments. Among the four the first one is “Secha Samadhan” which is a On-line Grievance Management system for citizen and farmers. It is a citizen centric bi-lingual mobile App which will act as a bridge between citizen and the Department for grievance redressal regarding x water resources. This mobile App is available for registered and unregistered users. In the process a user can upload photographic evidence and post grievance details without visiting the office and get an acknowledgement and timeline for resolution and status is intimated to registered user through SMS. Once the grievance is uploaded, it’s processing and monitoring is done through a web application. Secha Samadhan will help senior officers to keep track of grievances and monitor the progress. At the same time citizen gets periodic update on the status of the grievance. This application which leverages on Information Technology will go a long way in fulfilling the 5-T vision of the State Government. Another 5-T initiative work of the DoWR i.e Up-gradation of Go-Swift portal for on-line allocation of Water to Industries is launched. Government of Odisha is committed for all round development of the state and water is the main input for industries and plays a vital role for industrialization. And DoWR being the administrative department allocates, regulates and controls the drawl and uses of water by industrial and other establishments as per law. Now Go-Swift portal has been updated and incorporated with such facilities and by up-gradation of this system allocation of water to industries became on-line. Previously though on-line grant of allocation of water is one of the services under Go-Swift portal which has been user friendly system, but there were no provision for phasing/ re-phasing, enhancement /reduction in allocation of water and were done offline earlier. On-line application also launched for allocation of Water to Commercial and other establishments. There are many commercial and other establishments applying for water both for construction and operation purposes. DoWR has now developed on-line portal of its own i.e waterallocationod.nic.in. The stakeholder can apply on-line for new allocation, reduction, enhancement, phasing and re-phasing of water allocation as per their requirement. On-line application system for beneficiaries for installation of Community Lift Irrigation Projects under the Scheme Biju Krushak Vikash Yojana has been developed by OLIC to receive and process the demands of farmers. Before the same, the applications were received manually. By implementation of this process, the physical and financial status of 2262 CLIPs sanctioned for the financial year 2021-22 along with geo-tagging and handling over reports to proposed projects will also be updated on-line. Shri Raghunandan Das, Hon’ble Minister, Water Resources, Information & Public Relations, on the eve of launching of these four applications for DoWR said that these services will fulfill the goals of the 5-T initiatives besides making the administration more efficient and accountable. xi 5'T' INITIATIVE "Eco Retreat Odisha is an Excellent Opportunity to Discover Odisha’s Diverse Tourism Offerings in Style" - Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister Riding on the success of its debut with Marine Drive Eco Retreat at Konark a year back, Odisha Tourism’s flagship three-month glamping festival was declared open to bookings by Chief Minister Shri Eco Retreat Odisha is Naveen Patnaik. The new logo was also unveiled, subtly Back, Scaled Upto Five depicting the ecological orientation. Places at Konark, Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Shri Patnaik said Hirakud, Bhitarkanika, that last year, a benchmark was set in luxury glamping with Daringbadi and Satkosia. a phenomenal success at the Marine Drive Eco Retreat at Konark. This time, he said, we have scaled it up to five unique locations – Konark, Hirakud, Bhitarkanika, Daringbadi and Satkosia. The Eco retreats will offer tourists an excellent opportunity to discover Odisha’s diverse tourism offerings, in style, he added. In a note of assurance to tourists from across the country during covid times, the Chief Minister said that all stakeholders in tourism and hospitality sector across the State have been provided training on COVID-19 protocols. Consistent with Odisha’s stellar management of COVID-19 pandemic, the Eco Retreats will be in complete compliance with guidelines and standard operating procedures prescribed xii by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, he further added. He urged upon the respective District Administrations to take ownership of the execution of the Eco Retreats. Raising hope for the pandemic affected tourism & hospitality sector, he expressed confidence that the Eco Retreats will provide the much needed fillip to Odisha Tourism and help it revive during this difficult time. In his address, Minister of Tourism & Culture Shri Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi said that the impact that Marine Drive Eco Retreat had created massive impact which echoed at the Tourism Minister’s Conclave in January 2020. It is this fervour with which we shall keep working tirelessly to take Odisha to newer heights under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik. Chief Secretary Shri Asit Tripathy said that the Eco Retreat model ticks the right boxes in terms of environmental sustainability, technological leverage, teamwork, timeliness in near- perfect compliance with the good governance framework of 5T and will be transformative for each location’s tourism-oriented future. The Eco Retreats Odisha is slated to open from 08 December 2020 upto 28 February 2021. To book stays, an easy-to-use integrated portal ecoretreat.odishatourism.gov.in is available to tourists from across India. xiii 5'T' INITIATIVE "Odisha is Committed to Fulfill the Healthcare Needs of its People" - Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister The Odisha Government signed an MoU with Prasanti Medical Services and Research Foundation for extension of free Cardiac treatment services to the poor and needy children of Odisha for next 2 years at Satya Sai Heart Hospital in Ahamedabad. The hospital was roped in on 18th November 2018 for providing free cardiac services to the children of Odisha with cardiac ailments. As per the agreement, the State Government identifies and bears the transportation cost of ailing children.