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 …
the ongoing protest against bauxite mining in Orissa's Rayagada district took a violent turn on December 16, 2000, when three protesters were killed in a police firing. The police resorted to firing when a clash occurred between the protesters and supporters of the bauxite mining. In Rayagada
The study is based on investigations and collection of necessary information on the super cyclone in Orissa in October 1999. It examines cyclonic phenomenon in the country in general and Orissa in particular, and stresses the need for preparing a comprehensive plan for dealing with such disasters. The phenomenon of …
the killing of endangered Olive Ridley turtles continues unabated on the Orissa coast. According to field observers, almost 659 turtles have died on the coastal stretch at Gahirmatha during the last three months. In 1999, at least 20,000 turtles had died while swimming ashore. The number is likely to rise …
A year after the devastating cyclone in Orissa, the rebuilding process is still going on. On the environmental front, however, the state government is yet to take large-scale programmes to regenerate the area. In the aftermath of the cyclone, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had proposed to the government …
representatives of India's pulp and paper industry met the Green Rating Project ( grp ) unit of the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, to take stock of their environmental performance more than one year after the release of the first ever environmental rating of its kind in the …
The Orissa government's decision to donate 12 tigers and 15 African lions of the Nandankanan zoo to the other states has proved fatal for one of the lions. The lion which was being transported to Visakhapatnam, along with four other lions and five tigers, died on the way. According to …
orissa has again suffered another set back. Vast areas of western Orissa, particularly Kalahandi, Bolangir, Nuapada, Sonepur, Jharsuguda and Bargarh districts are reeling under drought conditions. The crop damage has been more than 50 per cent in over 26,700 villages of these districts. The state government has asked the Union …
poaching of elephants is increasing at a sharp rate in the forests of Orissa. Not even a month passes without a number of elephants falling victims to the poachers. According to government officials, they were 1,827 elephants in the beginning of 1999 but now, there are just 1700 of them …
chilika lake, Asia's biggest saltwater lake, situated in Orissa is still awaiting a complete ban on prawn farming. Despite violent conflicts between traditional and non-traditional fishermen over prawn farming, the state government has not done much to solve the crisis. Prawn culture has destroyed the state's mangrove forests, which guarded …
at least 231 people have died in Orissa due to malaria, which has spread in eight western districts of the state. According to official figures more than 1,00,00 people have been affected. The district surveillance system which examined about 1.3 million blood samples in Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi districts found …
" what is the big fuss about 12 tigers dying?" This insensitive statement of A P Singh, Orissa's environment and forest minister reflects and adequately sums up the attitude of the bureaucracy towards wildlife in the country. With the authorities displaying such a total lack of concern for the animals …
The Supreme Court has asked the government to submit the probe report and action taken report (ATR) relating to the recent death of 12 tigers at the Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa. The ATR should be supported by additional inspector-general (wildlife) S C Sharma's affidavit. The direction came in response to …
A special technology mission is being set up by the government for states that have unsatisfactory population control records. The states are Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Bihar and Rajasthan. C P Thakur, the Union health and family welfare minister, said that the mission will help in providing focused …
nandankanan, immortalised as a symbol of life and love in Oriya literature and movie songs, stinks of death. On July 5th, this zoological park, situated on the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, became the cremation site for 12 Royal Bengal tigers, which died after contracting tripanosomiasis , a parasitic infection. The …
Why are tigers kept in zoos? Is it because people like to see pretty wild animals or is it part of a programme to manage wildlife and save it from extinction. The people who could answer this question, the conservationist lobby and the Project Tiger people are surprisingly silent. They …
a breakthrough research has found a method to extract nickel and cobalt from the waste ore that is left behind after chromium is extracted from the Sukhinda mines in Orissa. The process, discovered by the Central Scientific Research Laboratory's regional research lab in Bhubaneswar, will also render harmless the tonnes …
the end of the millennium meeting of turtle biologists in South Padre Island, Texas, usa , took stock of the status of sea turtles and found that all seven species are still surviving. However, what did dampen the spirits was the news that the mass nesting of Kemp's Ridley turtles …
for a majority of Orissa's 22.21 per cent of population that is tribal and traditionally depends on the forest, the collection of minor forest produce ( mfp ) is a vital economic activity. The main occupation for 15 per cent of the tribal people in Orissa, it is a subsidiary …
for the super cyclone ravaged Orissa coast, it was heartening to see the recent revival of the world's largest rookery of endangered Olive Ridley turtles on the Gahirmatha beach in the Kendrapara district. This year the beach witnessed the highest ever mass nesting of the turtles since the mid-1980s. More …
devastating cyclones come and go but nature and humans can help reduce the extent of damage. When we fail to protect nature and do not take preventive and corrective measures all things living suffer immensely. Last year's super cyclone that struck the coast of Orissa with wind-speeds of up to …
