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 …
BERHAMPUR: People in Ganjam district are reeling from severe scarcity of water following disruption of water supply in both rural and urban areas, including Berhampur. "We had only a few litres of filtered waters stored when our area got inundated last Saturday," said B P Choudhury of Aska town, about …
A day after Cyclone Phailin lashed the Odisha coast, full-throated praise for the Naveen Patnaik government on minimising loss of human life through mass evacuation morphed into angry protests by the survivors who lost pretty much everything except their lives to the disaster. The 1999 super-cyclone killed more than 10,000 …
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 …
As per the estimate, the state energy department has suffered maximum losses due to the cyclone and flood. The state government has requested the Centre to provide Rs 4,242. 41 crore in form of grant to rebuild homes and power infrastructure that were affected during Phailin cyclone and floods following …
To take up relief and restoration works in the affected areas of Odisha. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has sought an advance of Rs 1,000 crore from the government of India to take up relief and restoration works in the affected areas of Odisha. “I would request you to release an …
Chilika, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has borne the brunt of Phailin with its shoreline plantation shattered by strong gale and tidal surge. Although a proper survey is yet to be conducted by the Forest Department to assess the loss, eye estimate reports said devastation of Chilika’s beautiful shoreline plantation …
Over 100 kilometres from the coast, the villages in interior Ganjam district thought they would escape Cyclone Phailin. But the high speed winds and heavy rainfall destroyed their houses. “We never thought the cyclone would affect us. In 1999 too, we did not face any problems. For the first time, …
Loss of Odisha Sands Complex is estimated at about Rs 100-crore While cyclone Phailin has passed off without causing too many casualties, major industries in south Odisha’s Ganjam district, the worst-hit by the storm, took a hard knock. Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM), a unit of the Indian Rare Earths Limited …
Two days after Cyclone Phailin made landfall, Chhatrapur, the district headquarters of Ganjam, struggled without electricity or water supply. And as the villagers made their way back home from the cyclone shelters, many found their houses flattened. The official death toll due to the cyclone was pegged at 21 on …
Hit hardest by Cyclone 'Phailin', the coastal district of Ganjam is estimated to have suffered a loss of at least Rs 3,000 crore in the nature's fury which has deprived lakhs of people of their livelihood and damaged 2.4 lakh houses. Fishermen have suffered massive losses as their nets, boats …
Eight million people affected, 17 lives lost; Ganjam bears brunt of cyclone Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged 80 per …
Over 1.26 crore people suffer as storm hits transport, power lines Seventeen persons were killed as the very severe cyclonic storm, Phailin, hit the Odisha coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district late on Saturday evening, Special Relief Commissioner P.K. Mohapatra said on Sunday. More than 1.26 crore people were hit …
It is expected to cross coast between Kalingapatnam and Paradip by Saturday The authorities in 23 cyclone-prone districts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are bracing themselves to tackle any exigency as a cyclonic storm intensified in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and is expected to cross the coast between …
The severe cyclonic storm Phailin over east central Bay of Bengal on Friday further intensified and is all set to make a landfall close to Gopalpur in Odisha at a wind speed of at least 205 kmph tomorrow. "The very severe cyclonic storm, PHAILIN over east central Bay of Bengal …
Cyclone Phailin with a wind speed of 220km per hour is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Saturday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha where the government has galvanized its machinery to deal with its impact and is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas. "The US Navy …
It was just not the Super Cyclone that wrought havoc in 14 coastal districts of Odisha in 1999. A fortnight before Ganjam district was devastated by a cyclone, leaving more than 20 dead and a trail of devastation in nearly six blocks close to the sea. It was Maha Astami …
The company officials have sought around 90 acres of land in the area for the establishment of 1X120 MW power plant The Hyderabad based RKP Energy Private Limited has evinced interest to set up a coal-based thermal power plant at Srirampur, near Chhatrapur in Ganjam district with an investment of …
Dengue has begun to spread its tentacles to more parts of the State with at least 77 positive cases reported from several districts. Cuttack has been the worst hit with 48 patients testing dengue positive while the Capital city of Bhubaneswar has reported seven cases as on Sunday. Ganjam, Angul, …
A special immunization drive to contain the spread of measles in Ganjam district began on Monday. Around 1,000 children up to the age of two would be covered during the six-day drive, said chief district medical officer (CDMO) P K Kar. Kar, however, said the drive would not be extended …
A four-year-old girl died due to measles and over 20 children are suffering from the disease at a village in Ganjam district, officials said today. The disease was reported from Dasiarampalli village under Purushootampur block, Chief District Medical Officer P K Kar said here. While ten children suffering from the …
