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• Odisha to declare 13 more spots as eco-sensitive zones

  The Odisha government is planning to declare 13 more spots as eco-sensitive zones across the state. “We have already declared three spots as eco-sensitive zones. The state government will soon come out with a notification to declare 13 more spots as eco-sensitive zones, probably within a day or two,” said minister of forest and environment on the sidelines of a seminar on livelihood issues of fisher women. Last May, the state government had declared the Chandaka-Dampada, Konark-Balukhand and Nandankanan Sanctuary as eco-sensitive Zones.

  • 26/06/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Chandaka-Dampara SA
    • Balukhand Konark SA
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • Supreme Court
    • Ecology
    • Municipal Corporation
    • Panchayats
    • Housing Construction
    • Environment
    • Orissa (Odisha)

• Shrinking vegetation threatens wildlife

  PURI: Once a haven for the black bucks and spotted deer, the verdant Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuary is now spelling disaster for the inhabitants. The shrinking forest cover and dry water sources in the sanctuary have forced these animals out of the wild into nearby human habitations leaving them vulnerable to poachers. The dry spell which continued for the last couple of months followed

  • 16/05/2011

  • New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
  • • Balukhand Konark SA
    • Wildlife
    • Agriculture
    • Endangered Species
    • Forests
    • Puri (D)

• Vedanta Univ: MoEF keeps green signal on hold

  The fate of the controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to be built on the Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and Coastal Regulatory Zone clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal and unlawful deeds by promoters Anil Agarwal Foundation.

  • 12/05/2010

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment
    • Balukhand Konark SA
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Indian Express (New Delhi)
    • Coastal Regulations

• Now, Vedanta varsity hits green clearance hurdle

  Debabrata mohanty

  • 12/05/2010

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment
    • Groundwater Recharge
    • Fisherfolk
    • Balukhand Konark SA
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • Environmentalists
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Puri (D)
    • Financial Express (New Delhi)
    • Vedanta Aluminium
    • Coastal Regulations

• Illegal acquisition and fraudulent misrepresentation of facts

  The Orissa government is acquiring land for "Anil Agarwal Foundation" for the proposed Vedanta University just at a distance of 30 meters from the boundary of Balukhand-Konark Sanctuary, though there is a strict bar for any process of operation like the above within a belt of five kilometre width from the sanctuary's boundary on the landward side and a distance of 10 kilometers upstream from the s

  • 02/05/2010

  • Swadeshi Patrika
  • • Land
    • Land Acquisition
    • Water Resources
    • Water Distribution
    • Conflicts
    • Balukhand Konark SA
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Vedanta Aluminium
    • Uma Bhallav Rath
    • Swadeshi Patrika