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 …
PARADIP: Paddy crop over thousands of hectares has been damaged by brown planthoppers in Jagatsinghpur district. In the current kharif season, paddy was cultivated over 75,000 hectares in the district. However, the crops were completely damaged by the brown planthoppers. Sources said the brown planthoppers suck the sap of the …
The steel ministry and the Orissa government have asked South Korean steel giant Posco to expedite the process of land acquisition by directly negotiating with private land holders to fructify its Rs 54,000-crore mega steel project in the state
PARADIP: When the super-cyclone hit Jagatsinghpur district in 1999, many in the worst-hit Erasama closed their eyes forever. But those who survived the nature
PARADIP: With the Central Government virtually breathing down its neck to expedite work on the much delayed Posco project, the State Government has asked the district administration to convene a meeting of the Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committee next month. President of South Korea Lee Myung Bak, is said …
Bhubaneswar: The South Korean steel major POSCO has changed its strategy in implementing the 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa. The company has delinked the mines from the project and decided to go ahead with the project construction instead of waiting for the mines to start the work.
BHUBANESWAR: The anti-industrialist forces in the State were in the news for opposing establishment of different projects in Orissa during 2008. According to the white paper circulated by the Home Department, the displaced and the affected persons also launched agitations during the year. But the local administrations were able to …
PARADIP: They survive on wild mushrooms and saag. With the vegetables out of reach, the poor people in remote areas of Jagatsinghpur district have found a means to quench their hunger in the inedible forest produce. In what seems to be a grim reminder of the Kalahandi situation, where famished …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo June 30: After 24 hours in confinement, former sarpanch of Gobindpur gram panchayat Sukadev Rout was released by the anti-Posco activists on Tuesday. Mr Rout
KENDRAPARA: Life was thrown out of gear in several parts of coastal Orissa due to heavy rains accompanied by gales today under the impact of a cyclonic storm, even as tidal waves lashed some areas. Incessant rain triggered by the depression submerged low-lying areas in the coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur …
PARADIP: Various areas in the district are reeling under acute drinking water shortage due to the decline in groundwater level. The primary reason behind this is unregulated use of groundwater by the industries. As many as seven large-scale industries and several auxiliary units are functioning in the district. Though the …
Bhubaneswar: As Orissa continued to boil in an abnormally hot summer, reports of sunstroke deaths rose to 53 on Monday. However, in the state government
PARADIP: The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is into its fifth year of implementation in Jagatsinghpur district. Yet the achievement is far from satisfactory. The main aim of the project is to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life of people in rural areas, accelerate sanitation coverage among …
11 Jan, 2009, 1435 hrs IST, IANS BHUBANESWAR: Orissa on Sunday said it has again recommended South Korean steel major Posco, which is building a steel plant in the state, for Khan dadhar iron ore mines despite opposition from other companies and locals. "We have recommended the name of Posco …
PARADIP: The tourism and cultural heritage of Jagatsinghpur district is all set to get a facelift. The State Government has decided to spend Rs 8 crore for the purpose. It includes a tourist complex at circuit house in Jagatsinghpur. Tourism Minister Devi Prasad Mishra, at a review meeting held at …
As tribals protested in India, Vietnam set an example WHILE the Orissa government assured support to the South Korean steel giant posco to set up its 12-million-tonne steel project in the state, the communities likely to be affected staged a protest march in Delhi on November 15. The Supreme Court …
The global economic crisis has affected the seafood industries in the State as a result shrimp farmers of the coastal belt are in a dilemma whether to take up shrimp cultivation or not this year due to fall in prices of shrimp in international market.
Anti-POSCO agitation intensifies THE arrest of its leader has made the anti- posco group in Orissa more resolute. People of Dhinkia, among the three villages to be affected by the proposed steel plant, have dug up roads to the village to prevent the police from entering. The Communist Party of …
BS Reporter / Bhubaneswar November 04, 2008, 0:12 IST South Korean steel major Posco has overcome the first hurdle in getting the forest diversion proposal (FDP) approved from the central government for its proposed 12-million tonne mega steel project near Paradeep in Orissa. The company has obtained the stage-I forest …
