Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Kabiraj Mahapatra Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/10/2023. According to the applicant, Kabiraj Mahapatra sand is being illegally lifted in Chikiti tehsil, district Ganjam, Siripur area without clearance from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Kabiraj Mahapatra Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/10/2023. According to the applicant, Kabiraj Mahapatra sand is being illegally lifted in Chikiti tehsil, district Ganjam, Siripur area without clearance from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bishnu Prasad Mishro Vs The State of Odisha & Others dated 10/02/2020 regarding brick-kiln units operating in the Ganjam District of Odisha violating the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, …
A large number of migrant labourers vulnerable to HIV infection in Ganjam, the most AIDS prone district in Odisha, are still out of reach of regular screening and test for possibility of presence of the deadly virus in their body. According to programme manager of the District AIDS Cell, Hemant …
A large number of migrant labourers vulnerable to HIV infection in Ganjam, the most AIDS prone district in Odisha, are still out of reach of regular screening and test for possibility of presence of the deadly virus in their body. According to programme manager of the District AIDS Cell, Hemant …
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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bishnu Prasad Mishro Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 21/08/2017 regarding fly ash brick units operating without clearance Ganjam District, Odisha. Counsel representing the fly ash brick units has sought permission to sell the existing …
Consumed ‘contaminated’ drink during festival; 76 more undergoing treatment Consumption of contaminated ‘pana’, the ritualistic drink related to ‘Dandanata’ festival, has led to an outbreak of cholera and three persons have died at Kadua village under Jaganathprasad block in Ganjam district of Odisha. Two victims, Rita Nahak (25) and Bhami …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biranchi Narayan Mahapatra Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 08/09/2016 regarding encroachment of natural ponds, Berhampur Municipality, Ganjam District, Odisha. Municipal Commissioner, Brahmapur Municipal Corporation has stated before National Green Tribunal that “as soon as …
BERHAMPUR: ONE person died and 11 others tested positive for dengue in Ganjam district on Tuesday. While the total number of positive cases has gone up to 86, two deaths have been officially reported. While five persons tested positive for the disease in Girisola, three were from Bhaliagada, two from …
Chilika Lake — the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and one of India’s 26 sites included in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance — is facing threats to its existence because of increasing human interferences, including large-scale cutting down of forests that guard the lake against high …
Coimbatore: More than 6,000 specimens at the 105-year-old herbarium in the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB) can now be accessed by the click of a mouse, as the institute plans to digitise it. The digitisation will help preserve the fragile specimens, prone to damage due to constant …
Bhubaneswar: A village committee in Ganjam district has fined 60 people for defecating in the open. The village committee of Kandigaon under Kanheipur gram panchayat in Khallikote block formed a squad four months ago to keep strict vigil on the persons who defy committee order saying relieving in the open …
A wild elephant herd trampled a person inside Dhaugaon reserve forest under Surada forest range in Ganjam district of Odisha on Sunday morning. According to forest officials, the victim was identified as Sankar Nayak (56) of Gochhagaon village at a distance of around two kms from the reserve forest. “Although …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Brundaban Behera Vs the State of Odisha & Ors dated 09/10/2015 regarding a liquor manufacturing unit in Polosara NAC of Ganjam district in Odisha discharging liquid and other wastes into the river Dhanei through a drain …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Krushna Chandra Padhi Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 08/09/2015 regarding filling up of a water body named Kasha Pond and felling of trees for the construction of a road for entry to the housing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biranchi Narayan Mahapatra Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 08/09/2015 regarding unauthorised structures being developed in Berhampur Municipal area by encroaching natural ponds sanctioned by Berhampur Municipality in violation of the environmental laws.
External gamma dose rate measurement using thermoluminescent dosimeter has been performed along the southern coast of Odisha, eastern India. A total of nine villages from the three sectors, viz. Gopalpur, Chhatrapur and Rushikulya have been selected for the study. Original Source
Farmers who had lost their fertile land because of now-shelved mega steel project of Tata Steel in Ganjam district of Odisha held a demonstration at district headquarter town Chatrapur on Wednesday demanding share in the proposed SEZ on the same land. They had got united under the banner of ‘Gopalpur …
BERHAMPUR: The claims of the Central and State Governments notwithstanding, safe drinking water remains a distant dream for many in Ganjam district. A case in point is Ekagharia village under Jagannathprasad block. In the last three years, nine persons of the village have died due to renal failure caused by …
A group of persons from families displaced due to the shelved mega steel project of Tata Steel in Ganjam district of Odisha demonstrated in front of the project office of the company at Mandiapalli on the outskirts of Berhampur on Tuesday. The agitators, who were mostly from Sindhigaon village, locked …
