Rayagada senior journalist passed away

Dr.Badal Tah,Odishabarta

Rayagada, April 14: Krishna Kant Jena, a journalist of Hindi newspaper Nav Bharat and founder of Green Rayagada, passed away at the age of 58 while undergoing treatment. Late K.K. Jena’s wife Rajeshwari Jena, daughter Sarani Jena, elder brother Santosh Kumar Jena, brother Uttam Kumar Jena, sister Adar Bishoi, brother-in-law Nirajan Bishoi were present at his deathbed. 

After the news of K.K. Jena’s passing away spread in the district, a shadow of grief has affected the media fraternity of Rayagada. Late Jena used to plant trees in various places in Rayagada city to keep the environment healthy. For this, he formed an organization called Green Rayagada and planted trees and called on the youth to plant trees to keep the environment healthy. Late Jena was a founder member of the Rayagada Press Club. 

Many prominent denizens of Rayagada town paid their heartfelt tributes to the late journalist, late Jena. BJP National General Secretary(ST Morcha) Kaliram Majhi, District Information and Public Relations Officer Basant Kumar Pradhan, Senior Citizens’ Association President Binod Panda, Satyabadi Pati and team of Walkers Club, Zilla Sambadika Sangha Rayagada President Dr Badal Kumar Tah & members namely Deepak Prusty, Rabindra Patkhandal, Press Union Rayagada President Amulya Ratna Sahu, General Secretary Shibaji Dash, Press Club members Ranjan Rath, Jogeswar Das, Goparanjan Baxipatra, Sangram Patnaik, C.H. Srinivas, Y. Damodar Rao, Ashish Ranjan Panda, Subrata Choudhury, Sushant Dash, Sushant Pradhan, K. Nitin, Rashmiranjan Dora, Ipili Ramesh were present and paid their tributes to late Jena. Along with this, Raygada MLA Appalaswami Kadraka, former minister Jagannath Saraka, BJP state executive member Siba Patnaik, Yala Venketeswar Rao (Konda babu), Siba Ullaka, Ashwini Kanchada, Basant Ullaka, senior Congress leaders Durga Panda, Jhuna Panda, senior journalist Trinath Khadanga, Radhakrishna Patnaik paid their deepest condolences