Dhenkanal (D)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Science exhibition from today

DHENKANAL: In a bid to sensitize school students and science lovers about significant contribution of Indian women scientists in various fields, Dhenkanal Science Centre will organise a

Corridor management plan for jumbos soon

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will finalise the elephant corridor management plan in the next six months. This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here today. The plan will emphasise on saving the elephants and their habitats from the human encroachments …

Winged guests arrive at Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL: Winged guests, particularly the Openbill Storks, have started arriving in large numbers at Sadangi and Jharda villages in Dhenkanal district. Every year with the onset of monsoon in June, the birds congregate at these villages for temporary abode. Serenity of the villages offer a safe haven for them to …

Sanitation campaign fails to achieve target

DHENKANAL: The Total Sanitation Campaign has received lukewarm response in Dhenkanal since its inception in 2005 despite availability of funds and infrastructure. So far, only 23 per cent of the district has been covered under the Campaign

NRHM comes a cropper in Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL: Even as the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has been implemented in the district, proper maternal and child care continues to be a distant dream. Improper implementation of various schemes under the NHRM, inadequate infrastructure and lack of proper mechanism in disbursing incentives to the beneficiaries are some of …

With pilot project in Orissa, NREGS sees a smart revolution

New Delhi: For the past two months, around 2,000 workers enrolled under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Orissa have been collecting their wages from their local post offices using smart cards. What began as a pilot project to ensure better transparency and timely disbursal of wages under …

NTPC will invest 44,000 crore in State, says CMD

TALCHER: Power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will pump a whopping Rs 44,000 crore into State in the coming years out of Rs 1.60 lakh crore it has planned to invest in country, revealed its Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) R.S. Sharma. During his visit to NTPC-Kaniha plant today, Sharma said …

Energy security in villages through biomass

Recent technological developments in biomass have made it possible to deploy various biomass-based systems for meeting total energy requirements of villages in an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective manner. Modern biomass technologies offer considerable effi ciency gains over traditional biomass use. A concept to provide energy security in villages through renewable …

Valley of despair

"It is unique, it is gigantic and it is beyond the means and purview of the (Orissa Pollution Control) board to solve the problem'

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