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 …
CUTTACK: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the Vision 2030 for the twin cities, prepared by IIT Kharagpur, has given ample emphasis to Cuttack and its contribution to cultural heritage of the Millennium City. Naveen was addressing after inaugurating the new office of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at …
CUTTACK: Open and uninhibited collection of hazardous medical waste material from the disposal unit of the SCB Medical College and Hospital among all other concerns has exposed the rot seeping through the premier health institution of the State. Though among the first hospitals of Orissa to have implemented the Biomedical …
CUTTACK: In the very precincts of the biomedical waste disposal and treatment facility of the SCB Medical College and Hospital, the premier medical institution of the State, a disaster is in the making. It is 5.30 in the evening. The scene at the incinerator site near the post-mortem unit of …
CUTTACK: With the Accredited Intermediary Reference Lab (IRL) for diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) going operational at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here, Orissa is all set to initiate directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) Plus programme to treat such cases. The first phase of identification of patients and establishing prevalence …
BHUBANESWAR: The Vijayawada-Ranchi National Highway passing through 13 tribal dominated districts of the State will be completed by 2014. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the progress of different road and bridge projects at a high level meeting. Out of the 1,219 km long highway, 983 kilometre falls in Orissa …
CUTTACK: Even as the prices of pulses have hit the roof with no sign of relenting, the contentious issue of continuing with the ban on khesari dal has now begun to assume heat. Khesari dal or lathyrus satvius has been banned for sale and consumption within the State for more …
CUTTACK: It is a Hamelin like situation in Malgodown. Already battling a foodgrains inflow crisis, traders at the largest commodities market of Orissa, have now found themselves in the midst of a severe rodent attack. Rats swarming the godowns and storage cells are not only damaging foodgrains in large quantities …
CUTTACK: After over a year of the imposition of ban on recycled polythene in the State by the Orissa High Court, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) seems to have finally woken up to the issue. It is set to launch a massive enforcement drive to free the millennium city from …
BHUBANESWAR: Members of All India Crop Biotechnology Association (AICBA) Wednesday called for adoption of innovative technologies to boost crop productivity to meet food security needs. Calling for an urgent need to increase food productivity visualising the uncertain monsoon rains, climate change and other weather parameters here Wednesday, they also said …
Scientists go door to door to bring the pests in, PCR test tells them which ones are dangerous OVER the last few years, people from some villages of Orissa got used to a team of researchers knocking on their doors at five in the morning. The team was on a …
CUTTACK: With monsoon on the horizon, pressure is on the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to intensity its vector control measures to tackle the heightened mosquito menace during the rainy season. The monitoring committee formed on the directions of the Orissa High Court has called upon the civic body to conduct …
BHUBANESWAR: Call it creating wealth out of waste or innovation in converting a mere garbage material to eco-friendly polymers, the benefit is threefold: Helping the environment in manufacturing biodegradable material for a green planet, finding out ways for multiple uses of the bio-polymers with a vast array of human and …
Orissa High Court Cuttack, March 22: When Supreme Court lawyer and environment activist M.C. Mehta raised the pollution issue in context of the Taladanda canal in April 1992, Orissa High Court had reprimanded authorities, stating a possibility of an
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court today directed the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to open the sulphuric feeding plant (SFP) of Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL), that had been sealed by the State agency on October 30 despite the former
CUTTACK: Taking serious note of non-implementation of its orders on shifting the solid waste yards from the Capital city to the designated Bhuasuni site by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) even after nine months, the Orissa High Court on Thursday granted time to the civic agency till Monday for filing affidavit …
CUTTACK: Be very cautious while bursting crackers this Diwali. Do not take celebrations to high decibels or go on to roads causing inconvenience to the traffic. And be alert so as to stop all noise after 10 pm. For while the Commissionerate Police is bent on cracking down against violators, …
CUTTACK: Expect a cleaner Millennium City, shorn of the filthy stinking garbage dumps, this Durga Puja. For, with increasing flak over its failure in solid waste management coupled with strict vigil of the Orissa High Court, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has finally gone ahead with complete privatisation of the …
