Odisha plans to restore coastal green cover
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has proposed to lay down a well-defined policy for renewal of MoUs signed with industrial houses. The policy is likely to expedite the renewal of MoUs signed for the
Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray on Tuesday informed the members in the Assembly that 250 elephants and 504 other wild animals have died in the State since 2009. Routray said the
With the MB Shah Commission probing the alleged Rs 76,000 crore mining scam in Orissa, the state forest department has now asked the steel and mines department to ensure that mining leases operate only
Over 69 sq km of forest land has been diverted for non-forest use during the last 12 years in the State. This includes 17.86 sq km for setting up 18 industries and 40.97 sq km for 40 irrigation projects.
Farmers of Bihaband and Danatoli villages of Rajgangpur block in Sundargarh district are a worried lot despite bumper crop. They have been compelled to shift their harvested paddy to a safe place to avoid
Koraput: Energy minister Arun Sahu today expressed resentment over poor implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in the district and directed the district collector to review the
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the country’s biggest thermal power producer, hopes to start construction work on its 1,600 MW (2x800) coal-fired plant at Darlipalli in western Odisha’s Sundergarh district from January 2013. The maharatna firm will start work on the super thermal power project soon after getting possession of land from the state government that is expected by December.
Electronic sale of key bulk minerals in Odisha like iron ore, manganese and chrome ore is expected to start from April 2013. E-auction services will be offered by Kolkata-based MSTC Ltd. “We are making efforts to launch e-auction of iron ore, manganese and chrome ore from April 1, 2013. In December, we will convene a meeting of all stakeholders to decide the modalities of e-auction. Once a consensus is reached, we will take government order for beginning of electronic sale of minerals,” said director (mines) Deepak Mohanty.
The state steel & mines department will issue notices to 83 miners awaiting second and subsequent renewal of their leases within a month. Depending on the merit of cases, the department will either renew the leases or bring ineligible leases under the fold of its PSU- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). The department has seemingly softened its stand after its recent decision to cancel all applications for renewal of leases made between 1987 and 1994. Last month, the department had decided to bring such leases back to the fold of the state government against the backdrop of an ongoing probe into alleged large scale illegal mining activities in the state by the visiting M B Shah commission of enquiry.
Says the pricing is meant to subsidise private power generators The Odisha government has objected to the new coal price pooling formula proposed by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Coal India Ltd (CIL), saying the revised pricing mechanism is aimed at subsidising private power generators. “If pooling of price is followed, it will ensure subsidy to those power plants, which do not have coal linkage. Private power generators will be mostly benefited at the cost of the state and the general public,” said Pradip K Jena, state energy secretary in a letter addressed to the Central power ministry.