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 …
ANGUL: Cracking the whip, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has imposed a fine of Rs 54,000 on Bhusan Steel Limited in Dhenkanal district for dumping its slurry in an open ground near a village. Official sources said during an earlier inspection at the plant, it was found that …
BHUBANESWAR: A joint official team from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) will visit the State next week scouting for sites for establishment of two more ultra mega power projects (UMPPs). The Centre has given in principle approval for three ultra mega power projects for …
Orissa is set to get power allocation of up to 50 per cent from the second and third Ultra Mega Power Plants (UMPPs) proposed in the state, Union minister for power Sushilkumar Shinde said here. The minister, however, ruled out possibility of allocation of 50 per cent power for the …
BHUBANESWAR: Above a third of Odisha’s households have to trudge half a km and more every day to get their quota of drinking water. What is worse, their number has been on the rise, the latest House-listing and Housing Census 2011 has found. Indicating an abysmal state of affairs, the …
Bhubaneswar: State-run NTPC on Saturday said that it would invest over Rs 24,000 crore to set up two power projects in Orissa in the 12th five-year plan with a view to augmenting generating capacity by about 4,500 MW in the state. Two super thermal power projects will be set up …
Bhubaneswar: As many as 36 ancillary industries and 19 downstream units were expected to come up with the commissioning of Posco's 12 mtpa steel plant near Paradip, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty informed the State Assembly here on Tuesday. Replying to a question, the minister said that the ancillary …
BHUBANESWAR: Worried over the recurring incidence of electrocution, the State Government has decided to replace single and double poles with elephant-friendly electricity structures in districts where the jumbos are most vulnerable. To avoid the electrocution, narrow based lattice structures (NBLS) will be established in Dhenkanal, Angul, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj by …
DHENKANAL: The bird flu panic has made its way to the mid-day meal scheme too. Hundreds of students of various primary schools in Dhenkanal district have refused to take eggs in their noon meal. As many as 1,700 schools with 1.10 lakh children come under the Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan in …
Elephants are frequently being electrocuted in Orissa and the government has sought to fix live wires with Central funds not meant for such an exercise, a request questioned by Central officials as well as conservationists. Funds under the Compensatory Afforestation and Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) are meant for conservation …
The Odisha government on Thursday announced a Rs 20-crore plan to save elephants from electrocution and poachers. The elephant conservation project would be launched in three districts in the first phase, official sources said. Presiding over a high-level meeting at Naveen Nivas, chief minister Naveen Patnaik, bed-ridden for his ankle …
The major flood in rivers Brahmani and Baitarani has affected more than 20 lakh people in 10 districts of Orissa while many areas in the worst-affected Jajpur district have remained cut off. Special Relief Commissioner's office said 17 persons died, mostly drowned, some of snakebite and in wall collapse — …
DHENKANAL: The non-availability of fertilisers continues to plague the agriculture zones of the district with paddy being the worst affected. For nearly 1.8 lakh farmers, the district has so far received only 416 metric tonnes fertilisers against the required 1,000 MT leading to the supply-demand gap in the market. Besides, …
Three members of a tribal family were killed by a tusker in Thoriasandha village under Bhuban forest range, 65 km from Dhenkanal, in the wee hours of Tuesday. The incident occurred when the family members were asleep in their hut. The tusker destroyed walls of a hut and trampled the …
It is important to understand the strong linkage that exists between food security, forest and resource conservation. Studies conducted over a decade in India clearly point to the fact that a majority of people in this country survive within a biomass based subsistence economy.
Bhubaneswar: National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) has shown interest in developing Independent Power Plants (IPPs) in Odisha. The Central-sector company is interested to undertake the projects in partnership with the State-owned undertakings like the Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and the Odisha Hydro Power …
BHUBANESWAR/DHENKANAL: Orissa continues to be the graveyard for elephants. Two more jumbos have got electrocuted in Hindol and Athagarh in the last 24 hours as per reports. A sagging transmission line reportedly claimed the life of a tusker in Dhenkanal
THE Union coal ministry is poised to clear a 5.5 million tonne annual coal linkage for the near 5,000-crore super-thermal venture being put up by RPG flagship CESC in Orissa. A final decision on the coal linkage is slated to come through next week at a meeting of the coal …
London-listed Essar Energy, part of the shipping-to-telecom conglomerate Essar Group, today said its arm, Essar Power Ltd (EPL), had agreed to acquire Navabharat Power Pvt Ltd. Navabharat Power is setting up a 2,250-mega watt (Mw) coal-fuelled power plant at Dhenkanal in Orissa. Initially, EPL would acquire a 76 per cent …
