Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The number of suspected anthrax cases at Suleipala village, about 60 km from here, rose to 25 on Wednesday. At least 16 people, including five women, affected by the disease have been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. A medical team had also rushed to the village. …
Anthrax scare has gripped Angul district in Odisha with more than 35 people falling ill with suspected symptoms of the disease at Suleipal village under Kaniha block. Fifteen persons have been rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the local hospital at Kaniha. …
The state forest department on Wednesday began tiger census at the Satkosia tiger reserve in Angul district. At least 45 units have been pressed into service for the counting of big cats on 965 sq km long patch of forest. The counting is in progress at nine ranges under two …
With Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) not keen for the proposed Rs 8,000 crore common coal corridor project, Odisha government today decided to take up the corridor work through its own agency. "From today's negotiations, we have come to know that RVNL is not keen on implementing the coal corridor …
Company fears that other units may be shut down completely if the situation does not improve in coming days The utility major, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has shut down one 500 Mw unit of its 3000 MW Kaniha power plant due to acute shortage of coal. The plant was …
The company had signed an MoU with the state govt in Sep 2006, it envisaged an investment of Rs 4,500 cr Monnet Power Company Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd, hopes to commission the first 525 Mw unit of its 1050 Mw coal-based power plant …
The Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) has asked the ministry of environment to investigate into the Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) plant illegally drawing groundwater for its upcoming power plant in Angul district. JSP is building a 12-million tonne steel plant with a captive power plant of 135 MW. Khirod …
Refroms in the state power sector seem to have hit a major roadblock with people in Dhenkanal and Angul districts demanding the cancellation of an MoU for smart energy management signed by the state-owned power utility and Enzen Global, which has its headquarters in Bangalore. Aiming to cut down the …
Angul: Three summers have passed and another is round the corner since its foundation was laid, but the Rs 12-crore project at Derjang in Angul block to provide drinking water to the town has remained a non-starter. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik had laid the foundation stone for the project on …
BHUBANESWAR: A mild earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in Odisha Wednesday, an official said. There was no damage to property or any loss of life. The earthquake occurred at 10.45 a.m. with its epicentre at latitude 20.7 degree north and longitude 85.1 degree east in Angul …
ANGUL: The agitation by Jibana, Jibika Krushi Surakshya Committee (JJKSC) at Baradamalia village in Kishore Nagar block of the district, opposing setting up of a power plant, has entered its 11th month. The state government had issued notification to the people for the acquisition of the land for the proposed …
The indefinite agitation by people of Jarada village, who lost their land and houses for Kaniha open-cast coalmine, entered its 12th day on Tuesday. Coal production is disrupted as the agitators are not allowing any employees to work. More than 700 families were affected and 750 acres acquired by the …
The fate of 2400 Mw coal-fired power plant proposed by Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL) now hangs in balance after both its promoters lost coal mines allotted to them. The company, which claims to have completed the land acquisition process by the end of July 2013, is also undecided …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated probe into the contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining & Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for coal mining in the state. Both companies had formed a JV named Kalinga Coal Mining (Private) Ltd for …
Bhubaneswa rEven as the National Aluminium Company refinery is facing closure due to want of bauxite, the company chairman-cum-managing director, Ansuman Das, on Monday assured that there would be no problem in meeting the export commitments besides the demand of the smelter. Stating that the company has commitments for dispatch …
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned resource company Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining & Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for raising of coal from a block allotted to the former. In the PIL the petitioner …
ANGUL: The construction of the gas-based Talcher Fertiliser Revival project will start in six months. Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) had recently given a go-ahead for the project. This was announced by the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Srikant Jena, at a public meeting here …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Orissa government on a plea alleging that majority stake in a coal block, allocated to the state mining corporation, was illegally given to a private company. The public interest litigation (PIL) has alleged that Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) …
At a time when controversy surrounding block allocations has caught different coal bearing states in a bind, the Ministry of Coal has urged the Odisha government to submit its action taken report at the earliest in connection with illegal coal mining activities. In the light of observations made by the …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Justice MB Saha Commission is investigating the illegal mining activities, the Ministry of Coal has asked the State Government to submit a report on the action taken to curb illegal mining and theft of minerals in the State. Expressing concern over the low rate of conviction …
