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 …
Jharsuguda facility may shut down in a month A day after shutting down its bauxite refining unit at Lanjigarh temporarily citing unavailability of bauxite ore, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), has said it can hardly run its smelter facility at Jharsuguda for a month in the absence of enough alumina to …
At a time when controversy surrounding block allocations has caught different coal bearing states in a bind, the Ministry of Coal has urged the Odisha government to submit its action taken report at the earliest in connection with illegal coal mining activities. In the light of observations made by the …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Justice MB Saha Commission is investigating the illegal mining activities, the Ministry of Coal has asked the State Government to submit a report on the action taken to curb illegal mining and theft of minerals in the State. Expressing concern over the low rate of conviction …
JHARSUGUDA: The Ib Valley Area of MCL, facing closure of six mines for want of environment clearance, is expecting a reprieve. Ib Valley Area general manager R P Gupta on Tuesday said as far as the closed Lajkura opencast mine at Brajrajnagar is concerned, the Environment Advisory Committee, New Delhi, …
The mineral-rich state of Orissa, once a magnet for big-ticket investments, is now a deadlocked destination for projects worth thousands of crores. Four days in and around Bhubaneswar were enough to catch a glimpse of the ongoing war between the state government and a determined green brigade. On 25 June, …
Facing non-supply of bauxite, Vedanta Aluminium has announced closure of its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha from December 5. The company has served a formal notice to the Odisha Government. In a notice to the Labour Commissioner of the State Government, the company said, “The unit has already incurred …
Vedanta Aluminium, which runs a 1 million tonne alumina refinery in Orissa’s Kalahandi district, may shut down within a fortnight due to acute shortage of bauxite. The refinery at Lanjigarh block has been going through an ore supply crisis after the environment ministry in August 2010 withdrew the stage II …
While there is a need to lay over 45,000 km of rural roads to provide all-weather connectivity to all the habitations having population of at least 250, the State Government has set an ambitious target to develop at least 9,000 km of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana …
The state energy department has lashed out at Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a Coal India subsidiary, over inferior and inconsistent coal supplies to Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), the only state owned thermal power producer. MCL is supplying coal from its Lakahanpur mines to OPGC which runs two 210 MW …
Ending the long wait, rains lashed large parts of the State prompting the weather office to announce the onset of southwest monsoon in Odisha. Late by more than a week, the showers brought the mercury level down and relief to a State tortured by an unrelenting heatwave. The downpour, which …
The joint team of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the district administration on Monday visited the Lajkura open cast project of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL). The visit comes following reports of unprecedented ash emission from the overburden dump at the open cast project for 45 minutes late on Sunday …
Bhubaneswar: There has been no respite so far in the in the heat-wave conditions in the State with at least 14 districts recording over 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday the death toll due to sunstroke rising to 82 according to unofficial figures although in official records it stood at 20 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday cautioned public to avoid venturing out of their houses between 11 am to 3 pm due to intense heat wave as the death toll in sunstroke mounted to 19, official sources said. Heat wave condition may prevail in some parts of interior Odisha during …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Saturday gave a proposal to Coal India Limited subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) for setting up a coal washery and a coal reject-based power plant. The proposal came against the backdrop of the Government facing problems in getting good quality thermal-grade coal for its power …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has requested the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to grant interim coal linkage to the Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) which is in the process of adding capacity to the existing thermal power station at Banharpalii in Jharsuguda district. The State-run OPGC having two units of 210-MW …
Chief Minister meets Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi The Odisha government on Wednesday urged the Centre to take effective measures to realise the unsaturated agricultural potential of the State and to make the second green revolution a success in the eastern region of the country. The demands …
Bhubaneswar: In a move to ensure inclusive growth of minerals-bearing areas of Odisha including livelihood programmes, experts have suggested floating of a micro-enterprise fund with Rs 200 crore to the state government. This fund would be utilised to ensure the tribal population’s access to credit and grants for setting new …
BHUBANESWAR: With the dust of panchayat polls slowly settling down, the Government on Thursday announced the much-awaited drought relief for the affected. According to Revenue and Disaster Management Minister SN Patro, 13,032 villages of 133 blocks and 156 wards of 34 urban local bodies in 19 districts are drought-hit. Seven …
SAMBALPUR: The trouble seems far from over. Drought, untimely rain, flood and now hailstorm, the vegetable growers of western Odisha cannot but blame their fate. For the last three days, the region has been experiencing rain with reports of hailstorm being received from Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh besides Sambalpur. While the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday clarified that there is no question of waiver of water tax to any industrial establishments, which have drawn water illegally for their consumption from the water sources in the state. Briefing newsmen here, water resources secretary Suresh Mohaptra rejected the allegation that a process …
