Online Paradeep: New municipal chairman of paradip

Mr Kishori Parida BJD councilor has been elected as the new chairman of Paradip Municipality on 20th October. There were no contestant against him. He was the single person filing the nomination paper for the post. the district administration had notified on 12th for the post of chairman which had fallen vacant since last 4 months after resignation of Govinda Tarai. It is reported that Dr.Damodar Rout had sent his son as his emissary to diffuse the internal squabbling so there was no other contestant for the post. The sub collector of Jagatsinghpur BB Ekka has declared on 20th October Kishori Parida elected as Chairman of the Municpality. The election for Vice Chairman will take place on 31st October. The term of the present elected members of the Municipality is upto March 2010. Election for new body to be held during April 2010.

about paradip

Port of Paradip is the primary seaport in the Indian state of Orissa. Paradip port handled 33,109,000 tonnes of cargo in 2005-2006, out of which 12,529,000 tonnes was thermal coal and 10,273,000 tonnes was iron ore.^[2]Located on the Bay of Bengal at latitude 20° 55.44' N and longitude 86°34.62' E, it is an artificial harbour which accepts sea traffic via man made lagoons. Former Chief Minister of Orissa Biju Patnaik, who was also a famed aviator and freedom fighter, spearheaded the port's establishment.

Paradip is emerging as a major investment in India with several upcoming steel plants including a gigantic $12 billion plant by POSCO, alumina refineries, thermal power plants, and a petrochemical complex. Paradip will become one of the six major petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment regions (PCPIRs) planned in India, along the lines of Pudong in China, Rotterdam in Europe and Houston in North America, accelerating the transformation of the state of Orissa into one of the major manufacturing and commercial regions of the world within 10 years. The PCPIR at Paradip is planned with an initial investment of US $68.84 billion, including the setting up of a refinery cum petrochemical complex over 284 km² of land ^[3].

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[4] Paradip had a population of 73,633. Males constitute 58% of the population and females 42%. Paradip has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

In 2003, the population of Paradip surpassed 100,000.^{[citation needed]}

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Monday, October 26, 2009

New municipal chairman of paradip

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