All about Dhenkanal

With both State and National elections another 7 months away, Dhenkanal is getting attention from Jay Panda. His Heijau  initiative is very different and far more people friendly than current leaders of this day and age who prefer to deliver speeches from podium and social media. Looking at the video of the procession, it could be gauged that the movement is gaining momentum in various towns in Odisha. Currently, BJD led by Naveen Patnaik looking at his 5th term as Chief Minister, Congress seem to be losing its 2nd position, BJP lacking fire power to deliver knock out punch, and an emergence of a new group of disgruntled Biju loyalists. For Dhenkanal Lok Sabha's seat: will Tathagata Satpathy be able to hold on to it against anti-incumbency? Will K P Singhdeo make a come back or his wards make an entry? Will there be new faces? For Dhenkanal Sadar Assembly seat: will there be a new face from BJP? will Nabin Nanda contest as independent? The coming 7 months will certainly through

Bishnu Beshra, a Class VII student of B B High School, Dhenkanal, is going to partake in the forthcoming National level Chess Championship in Telengana. According FIDE website, Bishnu has an ELO rating of 1031 . Best wishes to Bishnu for the championship.

The Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey has announced setting up of a medical college in the Dhenkanal parliamentary constituency. It's noteworthy to mention that Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency consists of 7 legislative assembly segments, namely, Dhenkanal, Parjanga, Kamakhyanagar, Hindlo, Angul, Talcher, and Pallahara. The minister has asked the state government to identify land for the purpose. This will be really a boost for the people of the area as their nearest Medical colleges are at ~ 200 KMs away in Sambalapur and Cuttack. Hope the proposal gets going before both, State and Central, governments demit office in May 2019.

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication centers located at Delhi and Dhenkanal, Odisha has been granted deemed university status. Last year, the HRD Ministry had recommended their elevation to UGC. The Commission allowed the status after its commitee visited both campuses recently. Just to add Indian Institute of Mass Communication is the premier Government institite to imart education in journalism. One of its center was set up in Dhenkanal, Odisha in the year 1993 thanks to the effort of erstwhile Information and Broadcasting Minister K P Singh Deo. News article

Dhenkanal is about 100 KMs from state capital, Bhubaneswar. The cities are connected through 4-lane National Highways and all-weather road. There are 2 primary routes to reach Dhenkanal town from Bhubaneswar. The first one takes National Highway 16 (NH 16) from Bhubaneswar- Cuttack-Jagatpur-Manguli Chowk for a distance of ~ 60 KM. The stretch usually sees heavy truck traffic because of its prominence of NH 16 which connects two metropolitan cities Kolkata, Bengal with Chennai, Tamilnadu. At Manguli, it takes a left to NH 55 through Choudwar- Khuntuni to Dhenkanal. This passage with filled picturesque scene of trees, forests and mountains. Bus: Buses run between both cities round the clock. People traveling farther can take direct buses from Bhubaneswar to Angul, Talcher, Sambalpur, Rourkela, etc. The long distance buses (to Sambalpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda) typically run in night time and start from 7:00 PM up to 10:00 PM. One traveling to Dhenkanal can get on the buses and alight

Dhenkanal is going to celebrate famous Laxmi Puja from October 24-31, 2018 this year. The district administration will also organize the Palishree Mela and Cultural festival during this occassion. Hosted by Ormas and Dhenkanal District Administration, the fair will be organized at the Mahisapat Bypass ground. About 250 stall will be put up by artists from around India showcasing their handwork in the fair. Find details at  http://www.dharitri.com/main/news/69389