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 …
Choppy sea today nearly swallowed many villages while heavy rains battered the coastal belt amidst squally wind conditions as the deep depression over Bay of Bengal made its landfall near Chandbali on Tuesday night. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated while thousands were marooned by the surging tidal waves in Jagatsinghpur, …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo THE ORISSA government has woken up to take damage control measures against the global warming related sea erosions at Satabhaya and Kanhupur villages in Kendrapara district as well as Puri and Konark beaches. For Puri and Konark, the government has decided to prepare a blueprint to construct …
KENDRAPARA: Swarming caterpillars (Leda) have damaged large tracts of paddy saplings in the district badly hitting economic backbone of thousands of farmers. "Help from the administration, however, is yet to reach the villagers more than three weeks after the first swarm of insects arrived here. The insects are black in …
Bhitarkanika too small for reptiles and people - report of Ashutosh Mishra The Oriya name for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is baula kumbhira, which literally means crazy crocodile. The moniker certainly rings true for people living in about 50 villages around Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa's Kendrapara district. Home …
Wildlife Lovers and forest officials in Orissa are of the view that the missile tests by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) off the Orissa coast have affected the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley sea turtles. Nearly three lakh of these rare species gather at the coast between …
The Orissa government's high-level clearance authority (HLCA), headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday cleared the Petrochemicals & Petroleum Investment Region (PCPIR) project. The PCPIR, one of the five such projects to be developed in the country, will be located in Paradip region covering two districts
Orissa continues to reel under heatwave conditions even as the death toll due to sun stroke in the state mounted to 51 on Thursday. Seven deaths were reported from Dhenkanal, six each from Angul and Jagatsinghpur, five from Khurda, four each from Ganjam, Nayagarh, Sambalpur and Sundergarh, two each from …
Mangrove forests are extraordinarily diverse coastal communities anchored by salt-tolerant plants along certain tropical seacoasts. Their distinctive aerial roots help to trap sediment, prevent shoreline erosion, and provide habitat for a variety of sea life. Their unique mode of viviparous reproduction (producing seeds that germinate before becoming detached from the …
This study assesses the storm protection role afforded by mangroves. It uses data on human casualties, damages to houses and livestock losses suffered in the Kendrapada district of the State of Orissa during the super cyclone of October 1999. The analysis incorporates meteorological, geo-physical and socio-economic factors to separate out …
