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 …
Tata Power Company Ltd (TPCL) has decided to shift the location of its 2000 Mw coal-based power plant in the state from Naraj in Cuttack district to Begunia in Khurda district. The shifting was necessitated as the company faced opposition of the state forest and environment department and green activists …
An environment panel has recommended that Tata Steel be allowed to expand its production from the Sukhinda chromite mines in Odisha, paving the way for the company to resume operations that were suspended in January. The expert appraisal committee for mining decided to recommend clearance for enhancing production from the …
CAG has termed the land allotment to Tata Power within the CDA area 'irregular and unauthorized' Odisha has drawn flak from the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) yet again over irregular allotment of land. This time, unauthorised grant of administrative nod for acquisition of private as well as …
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday concluded hearing on a batch of PILs opposing construction of KVKNilachal Power Private Limited's thermal power plant at Kandarai near Athagarh in the district. A division bench of Justices I Mohanty and S K Mishra heard the matter in detail and reserved the …
The inordinate delay in the integrated sanitation improvement project work may prove costly for the city. While the project funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for overhauling the sanitation system was announced in 2007 at an estimated cost Rs 757.44 crore, it has now almost doubled to Rs 1,500 …
CUTTACK: To improve the economic condition of farmers, the district administration has been encouraging them take up soyabean cultivation. And the efforts have yielded desired results with 300 farmers cultivating soyabean in 550 acre in the district. District agriculture officers claim soyabean cultivation ensures lucrative returns with less input for …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has decided to set up the second Bamboo Bazaar in Bhubaneswar to promote bamboo products that will uplift the socio-economic condition of bamboo-growers in the state. At present, one Bamboo Bazaar is functioning near DAV school in Unit-VIII. The forest department would spend around Rs 27 …
Despite concerns from several quarters including the Odisha High Court, bio-medical waste management and handling in different government hospitals including three state-run medical colleges and hospital is in total disarray due to non-allocation of funds for the purpose by the health and family welfare department. This was revealed at the …
The proposed inter-disciplinary study to find causes behind the high incidence of kidney disease in pockets of Badamba and Narsinghpur blocks of the district will now be clubbed with similar studies to be conducted under Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in other parts of the country. The ICMR is …
Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have killed one person, displaced hundreds of people and damaged paddy crops in Odisha, an official said Tuesday. Although Cyclone Nilam in the Bay of Bengal weakened into a depression, it triggered heavy rains across the state during last five days, Revenue and Disaster …
Procurement of government land by industries in Odisha is set to get dearer with the state government deciding to fix cost of such land at benchmark value, a departure from the existing system of offering government land at pre-determined rates. The decision comes close on the heels of clearing of …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court today directed the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to initiate criminal proceedings against the erring hospitals and the concerned persons. A division bench of Justices Laxmikanta Mohapatra and Indrajeet Mohanty, while adjudicating over a PIL filed by Maitree Sansad and after going through a …
In a bid to achieve the dual objectives of promoting good hygiene practices among the rural and vulnerable sections as well as providing an income generation activity to such womenfolk, Cuttack district administration is set to venture on low cost sanitary napkin making through Self-Help Groups. The pilot project would …
The mineral-rich state of Orissa, once a magnet for big-ticket investments, is now a deadlocked destination for projects worth thousands of crores. Four days in and around Bhubaneswar were enough to catch a glimpse of the ongoing war between the state government and a determined green brigade. On 25 June, …
The State Government’s aim to provide services on farmers’ doorstep failed because of disparities in the establishment of agro service centres (ASCs). The State Agriculture Policy of 2008 envisaged setting up of ASCs to provide services on farmers’ doorstep for farm mechanisation on hire basis. During 2006 to 2011, 550 …
The state's average power requirement for the current fiscal is projected at 4,397 MW against which the availability will be 2,751 MW Odisha is set to face average power shortfall of 1,646 MW during 2012-13, according to the 18th Electric Power Survey (EPS) conducted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Monday adjourned till today the hearing on the plea seeking lifting of the interim stay on the construction of the Rs 6,300-crore 1,400-MW coal-based power plant in Athgarh. A division bench comprising Chief Justice V Goapal Gowda and Justice S K Mishra adjudicating over …
Investors may be offered 50% rebate on land cost besides other sops Odisha, which is looking to diversify its investment basket beyond core metallurgical industries, has readied the draft of its proposed auto component policy to woo investors in the sector. With such policy already in vogue in peer states …
The Odisha High Court on Monday refused to vacate its interim order of maintaining status quo with regard to construction of the power plant being set up by KVK Nilachal Power near Athagarh in Cuttack district. Earlier, the construction work of the thermal power plant had come to a halt …
The multi-crore Odisha Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project will see the State Government create low-cost toilets and physical infrastructure in slums of the Twin Cities in the first phase. Under the Rs 945-crore project, which has already got underway, the Government has constituted a sanitation improvement team (SIT) and the first …
