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 Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday organised mock tsunami drills at cyclone shelters of six coastal districts. This exercise was held as a part of the drill scheduled to be held simultaneously in 20 Indian Ocean nations, including India. The exercise aimed at testing the Indian Ocean …
BALASORE: The district administration has sought a total assistance of `170 crore for repair and restoration works in the district. In its flood damage report, submitted in two phases to the State Government, the administration informed that the district incurred heavy loss in rural development, public works and irrigation sectors. …
Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the outbreak of bird flu in Nadia district of the neighbouring West Bengal, the Odisha government on Thursday initiated quick response measures to prevent the dreaded disease. According to secretary of animal resource development department Satyabrata Sahoo, two senior officers in the rank of deputy directors have …
BALASORE: Just 100 metres from the sea, they dread the hungry tidal waves. Gokul Jena with his six-member family in Chandrabali village in Bhogarai block panics every minute. Around 200 people belonging to 35 families in the village are living in the fear of losing their home and hearth as …
Panic gripped the villagers of Jayrampur under Bhograi block following detection of high fluoride content in drinking water. The amount of fluoride in the water samples collected from the tube-wells in the area was as high as 5.8 mg per litre against the maximum permissible limit of 1.5 mg, according …
Nearly 700 villagers on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the district collectorate here under the banner of the Bhitamati O Jiban Jibika Surkashya Manch led by former Nilgiri CPI(M) MLA Pradipta Panda and tribal leaders Ratha Singh and Guruba Singh. They alleged that the recent notification declaring the …
BALASORE: With no rain since July, this coastal district is all set to face drought if the dry spell continues for another week. According to reports, paddy saplings on thousands of acres, have dried up and fields have developed huge cracks due to water stress. Blocks like Remuna, Oupada, Nilagiri, …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa, which till the last decade used just about 14 per cent of its available groundwater, has shown a rapid rise in utilisation which has jumped to 26.14 per cent. According to assessment of the groundwater resource of the State, by the Directorate of Ground Water Survey and Investigation …
BALASORE: Even as the flood waters have receded in northern parts of Balasore, erosion of river embankments has left people scared. Banks of rivers at many places have eroded due to lack of maintenance and appropriate measures to protect them. Sources said massive erosion of the embankments of Subarnarekha has …
Bhubaneswar: A thunder storm hit several parts of Odisha on Thursday afternoon killing 12 people and injuring 34 others. According to the Met department, rain accompanied by thunderstorm lashed almost the entire Northern Odisha where the impact of the storm was quite visible in the state and the twin city …
The way paan is associated with India, a Chaurasia is associated with paan. But both the equations are changing, said Lalta Prasad Chaurasia, spitting blood red betel juice into an elegantly designed brass spittoon. The 58-year-old is among the last generation of Chaurasia farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh …
Read this special report by Down To Earth on the iconic Paan losing its appeal. Its trade has dipped 40-50 per cent in the past decade, while consumption of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, increased during the period. Farmers now prefer other crops. Iconic paan no more appeals to farmers, traders …
BALASORE: Here's bad news for the farmers of the calamity-prone northern Orissa region. The surface soil is turning acidic day-by-day, thereby threatening the crop pattern and the yield. According to a latest study by the soil testing laboratory at Balasore, about 60 per cent soil in the region is acidic …
BALASORE: Come summer and people in the northern parts of the State face an acute shortage of water. But, nobody really cares to protect the water bodies which keep the groundwater level high. According to an estimate, about 30 ponds have been filled up in Balasore town for construction purposes …
BALASORE: The district has lately witnessed some frightening scenes with wild elephants from forests in the neighbouring states going on the rampage here. Lives were lost, houses and crops damaged even as people in hordes moved out of villages to secure places at night. While the Forest Department had a …
BHUBANESWAR: Women and Child Development Minister Prafulla Samal today admitted that though there was a 20-point guideline for the procurement of dal these were never enforced in a proper manner at the district level. The dal was meant to be given to schoolchildren and pregnant women under the mid-day meal …
BHUBANESWAR: For instilling a sense of sanitation and making people aware of use of toilets 81 panchayats of nine districts will get Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), a national award for fully sanitised and open defecation-free panchayats under Total Sanitation Programme-2010. Representatives of 12 panchayats will be awarded by President of …
Balasore: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that no village will be in dark and every village of the state will be electrified by the end of 2012 as various schemes have been taken up. Stating this while inaugurating a 132/33 KV grid sub-station at Basta in the district, …
BALASORE: The food inflation had a direct bearing on Makar Sankranti celebrations in the tribal region of Balasore district. To meet the expenses of the festivity, the tribals in Nilagiri area were forced to sell subsidised rice.
BALASORE: Balasore district which had topped the State for 100 per cent implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), is in the news for wrong reasons again. Though the district health authorities took the credit for spending money disbursed for various works under NRHM, the reality is different at …
