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 …
Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has called for fast tracking construction of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Naxalite-affected districts. He said this will be the single most important rural development initiative that can significantly transform the ground-level situation in these districts. Ramesh said an …
MALKANGIRI: With over 90 per cent of standing crops in 40 gram panchayats in Kalimela and Podia blocks damaged, farmers, pani panchayat members and locals recently laid siege to Potteru Irrigation Division Executive Engineer’s office demanding that the region be declared ‘drought-hit’. Besides deficit in rainfall, the breaches in the …
Right to land and forest resources still remains a distant dream for women across the country. This fact came to the fore during the concluding session of a two-day national conference on ‘Women, forest and community rights’ in Ranchi on Thursday. Around 100 women took part in the conference, which …
With the Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme (OTELP) entering the second phase, the Government on Thursday decided to take up 530 watershed projects with an investment of Rs 556 crore. While the livelihood support programme was implemented in 30 blocks of seven districts, this has been extended to another …
A severe drought looms large over many parts of Orissa due to inadequate rainfall this season. Most of the districts have received half the normal rainfall. According to revenue department sources, Nuapada district in western Orissa has received 56 per cent rainfall while Boudh and Malkangiri recorded 63 and 61 …
A 24-hour state-wide shutdown called by Maoists against "forcible land acquisition" for South Korean steel major Posco's project and other issues hit normal life in southern parts of Orissa Thursday, police said. "Government buses are not plying in the Maoist-affected districts of Gajapati, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabrangpur," a police …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa, which till the last decade used just about 14 per cent of its available groundwater, has shown a rapid rise in utilisation which has jumped to 26.14 per cent. According to assessment of the groundwater resource of the State, by the Directorate of Ground Water Survey and Investigation …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre is reported to have taken a stand that the Andhra Pradesh Government cannot go ahead with the Polavaram dam without consent from Orissa and Chhattisgarh governments. Centre had recently granted environment and forest clearances to the Polavaram project despite strong protest from the State Government. The clearances …
Hyderabad Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday warned Uttrakhand of central intervention if the state government fails to take action against illegal sand mining in the state. Ramesh slammed the Uttarakhand government for its inaction against the illegal sand mining in the state and said that sending show-cause or …
Bhubaneswar: With a view to expanding irrigation coverage to additional three lakh hectares of land, the Odisha government has planned to invest Rs 12,000 crore during the next three years on major and medium projects, said principal secretary, water resources department, Suresh Mohapatra. Briefing newsmen here Mohapatra said that the …
Over six thousand tribals living on the Bondaparavat, a longpatch of mountainous terrains under Khariput block in the northeast of Machhakunda river in Orissa
400,000 MAY BE DISPLACED The environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project says 276 villages will be affected; an estimated 177,275 people live in these villages. The Polavaram Project Environmental Impact Appraisal Report of 1985 expected 150,697 people to be displaced in 226 villages. But the population of these villages …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's literacy rate might have grown exponentially in the last decade to touch 73.45 per cent, almost on par with the National average of 74.04, but the Naxal hotbeds of the State continue to wallow in illiteracy. Literacy rate in the Maoist-infested districts of Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur still …
BHUBANESWAR: Ganjam is Orissa's most populous district but Balangir records the highest growth. The Census 2011, provisional results of which were declared today, has revealed that with a population of 35,20,151 Ganjam is State's most inhabited district, followed by Cuttack with 26,18,708. Mayurbhanj and Balasore follow closely with Khurda ranked …
The Orissa government today conceded eight of the 14 demands made by Maoists to release Malkangiri district Collector Vineel Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi, whom they have held hostage since February 17. Government representatives held discussions with three interlocutors designated by the Maoists, but there were indications that a …
BHUBANESWAR: As several bail petitions were filed in different courts of Orissa on Monday for the release of suspected Maoists in the wake of the demands made by the Maoists for release of abducted Malkangiri Collector R. Vineel Krishna and Junior Engineer Pabitra Majhi, the State government continued negotiations with …
The Odisha government on Monday said that it would place a formal demand before the Centre for holding a public hearing in those parts of Malkangiri district that are likely to be submerged due to the Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Briefing newsmen after presiding over a high level …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it would place a formal demand before the Centre for holding a public hearing in those parts of Malkangiri district that are likely to be submerged due to the Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Briefing newsmen after presiding over a high …
Bhubaneswar: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday requested the Odisha government for an amicable solution to the Polavaram irrigation project issue. The offer by the neighbouring state came after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Monday asked as to why it should not be issued show cause notice …
BHUBANESWAR: Andhra Pradesh Government has again evinced interest in discussing the Polavaram issue with Orissa Government for a solution. The move comes after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) issued a "showcause threat" to the AP Government on the controversial Polavaram project and sought an explanation from it for …
