Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
BHUBANESWAR: Many small and micro industries in the city are contributing to water pollution, taking advantage of them being counted as green category industries. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) treats them as green category, exempting them from obtaining consent to establish and operate. The red and orange category …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sundar Naik Vs Vedanta Alumina Limited & Others dated 07/09/2016 regarding pollution caused by Vedanta Alumina Limited, Jharsuguda District, Odisha. National Green Tribunal directs the Odisha State PCB to study ambient air quality of the village …
The state government on Wednesday urged the Centre to provide financial assistance for pump storage projects from the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF). In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the coal-bearing states face the adverse effects of mining like reduction in forest area …
The State Government today urged the Centre to share 75 percent of the cost of three proposed pumped hydroelectric storage facilities in the state from the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF). Reiterating his demand for a major share from NCEF in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the counsel for the Environment Ministry to submit a status report on the project and the Office Memorandum issued by it for stopping the work, by the next date of hearing on September 5. The National Green Tribunal has directed …
Worried over the declining number of Royal Bengal tigers in Odisha forests, former Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take steps to save the tiger population in the state. "It would be a calamity if the Odisha tigers were to …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government has welcomed the Centre's proposal for a chief ministerial level talks to resolve the dispute over Mahanadi river water, Chhatisgarh's delay in providing information sought by the Odisha government on the construction activities undertaken by it has made mattersuncertain. The state government had requested …
A survey of over 450 government schools across nine states has shown that on an average, one toilet is used by 76 boys while 66 girls make do with one washroom. The assessment of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools was conducted by WaterAid, an international charity , two …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biranchi Narayan Mahapatra Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 29/08/2016 regarding hotels operating in Puri, Odisha without any consent to operate from the State Pollution Control Board. National Green Tribunal directs the State PCB tol …
BHUBANESWAR: A moderate intensity earthquake in Myanmar, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, shook large parts of eastern India including Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Assam on Wednesday afternoon. Large parts of Odisha including Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts experienced tremors seconds after the earthquake …
BALASORE: THE flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Jharkhand last week has submerged thousands of hectares of agriculture land in northern parts of Balasore district, ruining paddy and vegetable crops. Even as the flood water has receded, standing paddy crops and vegetable fields were damaged in Baliapal and Bhogarai …
Essel Green Energy, an arm of Subhash Chandra's Essel Group, has won the bulk of the 270 MW tender floated by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for projects in Odisha. SECI officials confirmed that Essel has been awarded 240 MW, while Jyoti Infrastructure has got 10 MW and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/08/2016 regarding the use of fly ash as land fill to reclaim low lying areas including backfilling in abandoned mines or pitheads.
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation -- broadly defined as loss of productivity -- is estimated at …
A house-to-house morbidity census was conducted to assess the burden and severity of lymphedema in a population of 1,298,576 persons living in the LF-endemic district of Khurda in Odisha State, India. The burden of lymphedema in Khurda is widespread geographically, and 1.3% (17,036) of the total population report lymphedema. 51.3% …
Bhubaneswar: Farmer representatives on Sunday urged the state government to write to the Centre against approval of genetically modified (GM) mustard crop in the country. Speaking at a state-level meeting on the ill-effects of GM crop on health and environment, co-convener of Coalition for GM-free India Kavitha Kuruganti said the …
Bhubaneswar: The state government has targeted to export seafood worth Rs 3,000 crore during this financial year. It has adopted a comprehensive fishery policy to generate Rs 10,000 crore by 2020 from seafood exports. The state has witnessed increase in exports from 14,161 metric tonne (MT) in 2007-08 to 35,630 …
Koraput: It seems the wait for clean drinking water in five tribal villages in Koraput's Boipariguda block is not going to get over soon. The Rs 98.28-lakh rural piped water supply project became defunct a few days after its inauguration in April 2016. According to sources, a 50,000-litre capacity water …
The proposal would pave way for export of surplus high-grade iron ore (with over 58% iron content) in Odisha and Jharkhand I have given states an offer they can't refuse: Piyush Goyal Mines ministry is awaiting steel ministry’s response on a proposal to remove 30 per cent export duty on …
The State Government has decided to provide raw material linkage to Vedanta's alumina refinery project at Lanjigarh from the Kodingamali bauxite mines in Koraput district. The state owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has got the mining lease of Kodingamali mines. The bauxite mines of OMC are spread over an area …
