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 …
For around 3,00,000 households in eight districts of south Odisha, a power connection still remains a dream. The eight districts -- Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri – are under the power distribution company SOUTHCO. According to SOUTHCO, the non-electrified villages are located in remote hilly jungle …
Over 300 anti-Polavaram activists of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telengana assembled at Koraput on Thursday and vowed to fight against the multi-purpose project. They alleged that the project is being constructed to benefit industrial houses along the Visakhapatnam-Chennai coastal corridor rather than to provide water for irrigation to farmers …
KORAPUT: The Zilla Adivasi Samaj Mahasangha (ZASM), a tribal outfit, on Tuesday observed a 12-hour bandh in Malkangiri district in protest against the government's alleged failure in checking the Japanese encephalitis (JE) and other diseases, which have killed 90 children in past two months. Officially 30 children have died of …
As 73 children died in the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis at 505 villages in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district in Odisha, a 10-year-old boy's letter to the Prime Minister fervently appealing for help laid bare the desperation of the villagers. Official sources said that the death toll had mounted to 73. …
Personnel of the Health department as well as all other government officials in Malkangiri district of Odisha are continuing to fight menace of Japanese encephalitis. Death toll of children due to encephalitis in Malkangiri district rose to 76 in last 51 days on Sunday, with two more deaths. The two …
Even as the State Government blamed the Centre for ‘holding back’ mass vaccination programme which has led to a surge in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) deaths in Malkangiri, the Collector attributes it to poor ambulance service in the district. Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy, in a recent meeting, expressed displeasure over performance …
The outbreak of the disease in 21 villages under six blocks of the district was reported last month and affected mostly children. Odisha Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak today visited the areas where Japanese encephalitis has claimed at least 27 lives so far and said preventive steps are being taken …
BEHRAMPUR: The BJD on Tuesday staged demonstrations in front of collectors' offices in seven southern districts, upping the ante over the multi-purpose Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. The regional party seems to have made up its mind to use it as major weapon in the run up to the panchayat …
KORAPUT: To improve healthcare facilities in remote and inaccessible areas, the Koraput district administration has decided to organise health camps twice a week in at least 17 panchayats of 14 blocks mostly in remote areas where people are deprived of proper medical attention. "As it is not possible to open …
The committee is chaired by development commissioner with secretaries of steel & mines and industries departments as members The state government has notified a high level committee to streamline auction of major minerals. The committee is chaired by development commissioner with secretaries of steel & mines and industries departments as …
South Odisha to be affected; people relatively relieved People in most vulnerable districts in the State were a bit relaxed on Thursday after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that cyclone Hudhud was likely to make its landfall near Vishakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh with a wind speed blowing at 80-90 …
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday raised the issue of environmental clearance given to Polavaram project without public hearing and asked the Government to explain how the final clearance was given to the project without any survey. Raising the issue during question hour, BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab said the …
Submergence of villages, displacement of people, inter-State issues and court cases will be major hurdles in implementation of the multi-purpose Polavaram hydel project. The recent decision of the Union Cabinet clearing the proposal of constituting the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) for execution of the project during the election eve is …
Ethnomedicinal studies revealed the use of 34 angiospermic species by the Bondo tribe of Malkangiri district of Odisha. The traditional uses were observed to be wide spread and prevalent over modern medicine in the study area. In the present paper, plants for various diseases have been discussed togeather with dosage …
The State Government on Wednesday decided to provide pipe water supply to 1,048 tribal villages in the next three years. The decision was taken at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The Government will make a budgetary provision of Rs100 crore for the project which …
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh governments have decided to jointly construct a hydro-electric project of 60 mega watt (MW) capacity across the Sileru River at Chitrakonda in the Maoist-infested Malkanagiri district in south Odisha. The 30 x 2 MW project is estimated cost around Rs 350 crore. The cost of the …
The state government on Thursday said it has succeeded in achieving immunization coverage for 88 per cent children in Odisha in the age group of zero to five years. "The findings are based on an annual survey conducted earlier this year by our doctors through the family welfare wing," secretary …
Death of infants in Malkangiri district due to preventable diseases has come under judicial scanner. The Orissa High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government on a petition seeking an inquiry into deaths of over 7,400 children in Malkangiri district in the last five years. The division …
More than 7,400 infants have died of preventable diseases in only five blocks of Malkangiri in the last five years - a blatant reflection of the failure of Odisha Government to extend proper health care facilities to the people of State’s most backward district. Even as the State Government dishes …
Despite concern over the end use of both ground and river water for industrial purposes, the use of ground water for drinking, irrigation and industries in Odisha is 26.14 per cent. Besides, there is plenty in store for this reportedly finite resource under the earth for use. However, the steps …
