Micronutrient deficiency continues to affect sizeable sections of the global population in India and this “hidden hunger” extracts a substantial toll in terms of morbidity, mortality, reduced economic productivity and poor quality of life from those who are affected. The Mid-day Meal (MDM) programme of India entails nutritional support in …
Micronutrient deficiency continues to affect sizeable sections of the global population in India and this “hidden hunger” extracts a substantial toll in terms of morbidity, mortality, reduced economic productivity and poor quality of life from those who are affected. The Mid-day Meal (MDM) programme of India entails nutritional support in …
The three-decade-old deer park on Berhampur University campus in Ganjam district is all set to be shut and its animals shifted to Gajapati district. At present, there are 55 spotted deer in the park, which has become too small for their increased numbers. The deer park was opened in 1989 …
For around 3,00,000 households in eight districts of south Odisha, a power connection still remains a dream. The eight districts -- Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri – are under the power distribution company SOUTHCO. According to SOUTHCO, the non-electrified villages are located in remote hilly jungle …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mathala Chandrapati Rao Vs Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) dated 23/11/2016 regarding irresponsible operation of the stone crusher mixing units in village Kidigam, Tahasil Kasinagar, District Gajapati, Odisha. According to the appellant the crusher was in operation from 8th …
After Kandhamal district, sandalwood smugglers seem to be spreading their network to neighbouring Gajapati in Odisha. Two sandalwood trees on the premises of government offices at Mohana in the district were found missing on Monday, officials said. “Patrolling in collaboration with the police has been intensified and efforts are on …
Science and Technology Minister Pradeep Panigrahy on Thursday informed the Assembly that plans have been made to provide solar power to 257 villages, including 250 in the Tribal Sub-Plan areas, during the current year. “A total of 268 households of seven villages in Shialilati gram panchayat under Gajapati district’s R …
The Odisha state government will submit a detailed report to the Union Government by October 16 on the losses due to cyclone Hudhud. This was informed by Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Collectors of the concerned districts have been asked to send their reports …
Preliminary assessment by the state government suggests at least 80,000 houses were damaged in the state under the impact of cyclone Hudhud. Standing crops suffered extensive loss in Gajapati and Koraput districts, official sources said. Special relief commissioner Pradipta Mohapatra said over 25,000 houses were damaged in Koraput, 15,000 in …
A day after cyclone Hudhud hit the coast and then made its way to four districts in Orissa, the state government assessed that about 48,000 kutcha houses, 24 transformers, 600 electric poles and 75 km electric wires have been damaged. Overall, the cyclone appeared to have spared the state, with …
6 dead in two states; Naidu wants it to be declared national calamity Although there was no major damage in Odisha from Cyclone Hudhud on Sunday, the threat of large-scale flooding loomed large in the southern Odisha districts of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal, with major rivers in spate following incessant …
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm , ‘HUDHUD’ over west central Bay of Bengal , Cyclone Warning for north Andhra Pradesh & south Odisha coasts (Red Message) and post landfall outlook. Download the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin Cyclone Hudhud, 0930 hrs, 12 October 2014.
While the Union Government led by Naredra Modi has embarked upon a target of setting up two lakh toilets for women in 5,000 villages under a Mahatma Gandhi Clean India Programme, use of toilets in Odisha is very poor and the State deserves more attention in this regard, feels a …
Although asset-based approaches for studying poverty have shown that the portfolio of assets households own or can access influences livelihood strategies and a variety of development outcomes, there is little research unpacking gendered dimensions of asset ownership in diverse contexts. Using data collected from the evaluation of two government land …
Bhubaneswar : With a very severe cyclonic storm, Lehar, moving towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, the Orissa government Tuesday sent the Disaster Rapid Action Force to its 10 districts where flash floods are expected because of the cyclone. “There is no possibility of cyclone Lehar affecting the state, but it …
The local met centre has urged the state government to take necessary steps to protect the standing crops in the field in south and western Odisha Cyclone Phailin Several districts, particularly those in south Odisha, have been put on alert because of approaching severe cyclonic storm Lehar, that is expected …
It takes into account the letter of the CPC Board officials on the issue National Green Tribunal has intervened and stayed operations of stone quarries of a private company, which were allegedly causing much environmental pollution in Kidigam panchayat under Kashinagar Police Station limits in Gajapati district. It may be …
The Phailin wound barely healed, Ganjam district on Thursday was threatened by yet another natural calamity, that of flood. Almost all rivers were in spate, triggered by four days of unprecedented rain, forcing the government to evacuate people to safer places. "Over one lakh people were marooned as floodwaters from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mathala Chandrapati Rao Vs Collector District Magistrate Gajapati District, Odisha & Others on the issue of stone quarry being effected by M/s B.V.S.R. Construction Private Limited at Venkatapur, Kidigam G.P., Kasinagar Block, Gajapati District, Odisha. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/308-2013(OA)_23Oct2013.pdf
The State Government on Wednesday decided to provide pipe water supply to 1,048 tribal villages in the next three years. The decision was taken at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The Government will make a budgetary provision of Rs100 crore for the project which …
Heavy rainfall for the last three days has severely hit normal life in Odisha, particularly the southern parts, with at least three villages marooned in Kalahandi district. Road communication was disrupted and electricity generation came to a halt at Upper Indravati hydro-power plant, official sources said. The districts which have …
