Govt.-controlled organisation will continue to accept kendu leaf The Odisha government has handed over trade rights of kendu (tendu) leaf, an important minor forest produce, to residents of six villages in Kalahandi district. “Residents of six villages in the Kegaon range of the Bhawanipatna kendu leaf division are free to …
People belonging to Dongria Kondh tribal community have accused multinational mining company, Vedanta, of felling trees near Niyamgiri hills for bauxite mining. The allegations were levelled when members of a fact finding committee of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) visited Kalahandi in the last week of January. …
BHUBANESWAR: Human right activists, tribal leaders and social activists in Orissa Sunday welcomed the Church of England's decision to sell its shares in British mining major Vedanta due to its dissatisfaction with the company's rights' record in the state. "It is a great step by the Church. It understood the …
BHAWANIPATNA: Kalahandi continues to be backward and underdeveloped with human development index touching nadir. To pave the way for speedy development and free Kalahandi from the vicious cycle of regional imbalance, there is a need to go for macro and micro-level planning. This was the consensus at the day-long brain-storming …
BHAWANIPATNA: Dambarudhar Gartia of Boringpadar village in Narla block harvested 90 quintals of paddy on three acres of land this kharif against 40 quintals during the previous season. This is despite fickle monsoon. He earned Rs 90,000 against an investment of around Rs 5,000. Gartia is not the only farmer …
BHAWANIPATNA: A four-member Central team today toured Kalahandi to assess the quantum of crop loss. The team, led by YS Sharma, conducted a field survey and visited Bhatipada, Kodobhata, Kuliapali, Mahaling, Makraguda and Bordi villages under Kuhura and Mahaling gram panchayats of Golamunda block and interacted with farmers. The team …
Ecological status of a particular region is determined by assessing its biodiversity, prevailing conditions of the environment and their interactions with the species. Such an assessment is carried out by estimating the no. of species, their relative abundance, habitat preference of keystone species and prevailing threats to them which might …
BHAWANIPATNA: Short supply of certified seeds has hit cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in Kalahandi. After farmers incurred heavy loss in the last kharif season due to moisture-stress condition, the Agriculture Department decided to give priority to cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in the current rabi season considering the favourable …
The Vedanta Group has asked the Orissa government to restrict the entry of foreign non-government organisations (NGOs) in the area where it proposes to mine bauxite, as part of its $8-billion project in the state, saying they were instigating locals.
The Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), part of Vedanta Resources, has not violated any forest and environment norms at its alumina refinery and bauxite mining site in Kalahandi district of Orissa, according to a report of the state government. While the refinery is at the foothill of Niyamgiri hills, the proposed …
VEDANTA ALUMINIUM Ltd, part of the Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources Plc, has got a major reprieve on Tuesday after the Kalahandi district collector, Mr R. Santha Gopalan, cleared the company of violating any government guidelines at Niyamgiri bauxite mines. The collector's report has come as a shot in the arm …
BHAWANIPATNA: Stage is set for cotton plucking in Kalahandi district and sources said cotton will be ready for marketing next week. However, farmers are a worried lot because of the uncertainty in procurement of cotton. This year cotton is grown on 18,292 hectares and the agriculture department expects a yield …
BHAWANIPATNA: Resentment is brewing among the farmers of Kalahandi over tardy progress of paddy procurement in the current kharif season. For 2009-2010, it was targeted to procure 3,82,352 MT of paddy from Kalahandi of which, about 2 lakh MT was targeted to be procured during current kharif season and the …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today defended proposed mining at Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district saying that not a single tribal family would be displaced due to this project. In a written reply to a question from Hitesh Bagarti (BJP), Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty told the House there is …
BHAWANIPATNA: As the farmers in Kalahandi district are readying to harvest winter paddy, spectre of a depleted production haunts them due to diseases and pest attack. BPH and gundi bug pest attack along with diseases like sheath blight and sheath rot severely damaged paddy crops during pre-harvesting period. The worst …
BHUBANESWAR: Intriguing as it may sound, the H1N1 virus has unleashed itself in a remote pocket of tribal district of Sundargarh with little or no known exposure to outside world. Six days after the Jampali Kanyashram threw up two positive cases, the Health Department is still at its wit
