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 …
KORAPUT: People and the villages in the periphery of NALCO at Damanjodi in Koraput district could enjoy the benefits of real development to a greater extent if the village leaders, district administration and NALCO authorities who are the three key players responsible for the growth to happen could bring better …
BHUBANESWAR: Congress has demanded supply of rice at Re 1 a kilogram in backward districts of Orissa by the State Government as the Centre has increased subsidy from Rs 11 to Rs 13 a kg. Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee working president and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das said that …
BHUBANESWAR: The recent spells of rain though widespread is not enough to control the pest attack on standing kharif crop. Fresh areas are coming under pest attack and paddy crop in several blocks of Jeypore sub-division of Koraput district is affected by swarming caterpillars. Last week pest attract was reported …
The water level of Mahanadi showed a rising trend following heavy rains triggered by a low pressure as three more persons died due to flash floods and rainrelated incidents on Wednesday. Worst hit were southern districts Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Ganjam as many places remained cut off with flash floods …
Flash floods triggered by incessant rainfall since Sunday claimed at least 16 lives, with the spectre of a major flood looming large over Orissa. On Monday evening, seven persons died when the bus they were travelling in was swept away from a bridge over the Besalia stream, in between Gania …
Life is grim for the tribals living in the reserve forest areas of the country, who face pressure from corrupt officials on one hand, and the environment lobby on the other.
JEYPORE: With at least 20 malarial deaths in the last one week, the disease is taking epidemic proportions in Jeypore and Koraput sub-divisions under Koraput district. As many as 3,000 persons suffering from malarial fever were admitted to health centres in these sub-divisions. Of these, 80 per cent cases are …
JEYPORE: Supply of substandard seeds by the Orissa Seed Corporation for the kharif season in Koraput district has hit the farmers below the belt. About 40 per cent seeds was found to be poor in quality and failed to germinate. According to farmers, as per the government norms the Agriculture …
KORAPUT: When tribal girl Sunjukta Pangi will deliberate on the impact of climate change at the Junior 8/G8 Summit in Italy, her parents in back of beyond Karanjaguda village under Thuria panchayat in Pottangi block will be on cloud nine. Putting the predominantly tribal Koraput district on international map, Sunjukta, …
The Niyamgiri Hills, which range over 250 kilometres across the districts of Rayagada, Kalahandi and Koraput in Orissa, are home to more than 8,000 Dongaria Kondhs and other tribals who are now wholeheartedly engaged in what they have been doing for centuries: defending their hills, forests and streams. This time, …
A careful analysis of the computed Agricultural Development Indices for different districts of Orissa reveals that the four coastal districts (Balasore, Cuttack, Puri and Ganjam) and two districts of central table land area (Sambalpur and Bolangir) are agriculturally more advanced than other districts in the three reference years over three …
BHUBANESWAR: Exactly a month after the Naxal attack, National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) resumed full operations at its bauxite mines at Panchpatmali in Koraput district. The aluminium major had temporarily shut down its bauxite mining production immediately after the attack. Later too, the employees were reluctant to carry out mining …
Debabrata Mohanty Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 0327 hrs IST Bhubaneswar: A month after a daring Maoist attack claimed the lives of 11 CISF jawans and over 20 rebels, Public sector Navratna company Nalco on Tuesday resumed full-fledged operations at its Panchpatmali bauxite mine in Damanjodi area of Koraput …
BHUBANESWAR: A month after about 300 armed left wing extremists mounted attack on bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) at Panchpatmali in Koraput district, the company said it resumed full-fledged operations on Tuesday Bauxite extraction was badly hit following the attack on April 12 last as the employees …
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar April 21, 2009, 1:25 IST The bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) at the Panchpatmali hills in Koraput district of Orissa are yet to restart operations after last week
An eight-hour gun-battle between security forces and Naxalites at the Panchapatmali bauxite mines of the National Aluminium Company Ltd in Koraput district of Orissa ended early morning today, leaving 10 jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and four Naxalites dead. Meanwhile, the operation of Nalco
