Diarrhoea toll reaches nine in Malkangiri
MALKANGIRI: Diarrhoea has claimed nine lives since last month in Podia panchayat here.
MALKANGIRI: Diarrhoea has claimed nine lives since last month in Podia panchayat here.
With number of deaths due to diarrhoea and cholera in Orissa
Cholera, diar rhoea and other waterborne diseases in Orissa
One year ago, if you had uttered the words
<p>A victory for the enforcement of the rights of adivasis, but does this really mark a new beginning? (Editorial)</p>
Debabrata Mohanty <br />
RAYAGADA: Cotton cultivation in Gunupur agricultural district, where a major portion of cotton is produced, is poised for a leap during 2009-10 kharif.
The Niyamgiri Hills, which range over 250 kilometres across the districts of Rayagada, Kalahandi and Koraput in Orissa, are home to more than 8,000 Dongaria Kondhs and other tribals who are now wholeheartedly engaged in what they have been doing for centuries: defending their hills, forests and streams. This time, however, they face a more formidable enemy than ever
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to ensure that roads and bridges in the 33 worst Maoist-affected districts in the country are completed in time, Centre has decided to review and monitor progress of their construction regularly.
Bhubaneswar: In a move to ensure inclusive growth of minerals-bearing areas of Odisha including livelihood programmes, experts have suggested floating of a micro-enterprise fund with Rs 200 crore to the
Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) is targeting to achieve a capacity utilisation of 80-90% this month, boosted by availability of bauxite from several sources, even as its plans for captive mining in Odisha remains
Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to mine Niyamgiri The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant.
The State Pollution Control Board, Odisha has been monitoring the Ambient Air Quality at 32 locations in 13 towns/cities, viz., Angul-Talcher, Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kalinganagar, Keonjhar,
New Delhi:Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court Jairam Ramesh’s last decision as the environment minister to withdraw clearance to Vedanta’s alumina project and bauxite
Quick step by govt to provide alternate source only hope for Lanjigarh refinery The 12-0 drubbing in gram sabhas held to seek a referendum on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills has pushed into uncertainty the fate of Rs 5,000 crore one million tonne refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) at Lanjigarh, which is struggling to stay in operation by sourcing bauxite from different places outside Odisha.
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP Krushak Morcha on Tuesday sought the intervention of Governor MC Bhandare for inclusion of nine more districts in the list of drought-hit. A delegation led by State Krushak Morcha
Gram sabhas which have considered issues have so far objected to projects to be set up by Vedanta The Supreme Court today extended the time for gram sabhas in Odisha to decide on allowing mining in the mineral-rich regions where Vedanta proposes to set up alumina refinery and other projects.
Gram Sabhas will also consider the religious and cultural rights of Dongaria Kondhs residing on Niyamgiri hills With the gram sabhas in 12 villages identified by the state government to decide the fate of a bauxite mining project at Niyamgiri all set to begin on Thursday, the district administrations of Kalahandi and Raygada have received as many as 64 forest right claims (both individual and community) for validation at these vallge meetings.
Supreme Court to receive documents after validation by village councils The deadline given by the Odisha government for compiling and verifying the forest rights claims of villagers on the Niyamgiri hills ended on Sunday. After the Supreme Court's April 18 order on forest clearance for Niyamgiri mining project, the state government had given six weeks' time for submission of forest, cultural and religious rights claims by Dongria Kondhs, a primitive tribe, residing in the hilly terrain.
The Supreme Court on April 18 ordered the villagers be provided with basic forest rights in form of the land titles A recent show on a local Doordarshan channel about Dongria Kondhs, indigenous people who inhabit the plateaus of the Niyamgiri hill ranges in Odisha, ended with a scene where a young member of a tribe throws away some rupee coins given by a government official, asks for a matchbox instead and quickly vanishes into the jungle.