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Rs 15 Lakh Ex-gratia for Next Kin of Polling Official Died in Road Accident

Bhubaneswar12/5/24:: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh to the next kin of the government employee, who died during election duty.

Alekh Randhari, a class-IV employee of a government school, was killed in a road accident near Swami Vivekananda Vidyamandir in Nabarangpur district while he was on the way to a polling station for the first phase of elections.

CEO Dhal said the next of kin of the deceased government employee would get the ex-gratia as per the ECI guidelines.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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