Order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in the matter of Mitra Bhanu Mohapatra & Others Vs Secretary, Road Transport & Highways Government of India & Others dated 09/07/2021. A Public Interest Litigation was filed drawing attention to the pathetic condition of stretches of the National Highway 215/20 …
Order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in the matter of Mitra Bhanu Mohapatra & Others Vs Secretary, Road Transport & Highways Government of India & Others dated 09/07/2021. A Public Interest Litigation was filed drawing attention to the pathetic condition of stretches of the National Highway 215/20 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bishweswar Tudu Vs State of Odisha dated 05/03/2021. The matter related to allegations of illegal black stone mining near school and Anganwadi centers in forest area at Bangriposi, district Mayurbhanj, Odisha. In response, the NGT directed submission of a factual …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ganeswar Singh & State of Odisha dated 09/01/2020 regarding illegal sand mining, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Report filed by the District Magistrate Mayurbhanj states on January 7, 2020 that no illegal sand mining has been found. The court directed the authorities …
This paper is one in a series of briefings that analyse how the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) builds rural households’ resilience to different climate shocks. This paper examines how MGNREGS is helping households in Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India, build resilience through convergence with other government departments …
BARIPADA: WITH incessant rains lashing the catchment area of Deo river for the last three days,Mayurbhanj district witnessed first flash flood of the season on Tuesday.Vehicular movement along Balasore-Udala and Baripada-Udala routes was disrupted as floodwater was flowing at least four feet above both the State highways at the two …
Forest dwellers inside Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) have put forward their own Community Forest Resource Management and Conservation (CFRMC) plan for vast forest stretches. Campaigners advocating implementation of the Forest Rights Act say villagers’ plan submitted to the Mayurbhanj district administration last week will now be the basis of …
Forest Rights Act 2006 recognizes and vests forest rights to the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in forests in generations but whose rights could not be recorded. The law provides for a framework for recording of the forest rights so vested and the nature …
BARIPADA: In a bid to free the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) from human interference, the forest authorities have this week shifted 35 families living in Jamunagarh village in the core area of the biosphere and rehabilitated them at Nabra, a new rehabilitation colony developed under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj …
BALASORE: Forest cover of nearly 160 hectares (ha) in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) of Mayurbhanj district has been destroyed in the recent fire that lasted for over a week. Even as around 540 fire personnel were engaged along with 15 extinguishers to control the fire, the STR authorities heaved a …
The forest fire that erupted in vast forest patches of Similipal National Park in Odisha was nearly brought under control. As of now, the forest department personnel aided by villagers in fringe forest villages have managed to put out the fire in nearly 40 ha of land. 10 days The …
BALASORE (ODISHA): A major fire that broke out in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district a couple of days back has engulfed vast areas killing wild animals and destroying precious plants. The fire is spreading fast to nearby forests with the STR authorities failing to control it with …
The government asks people to be prepared Sixteen districts in Odisha have been put on high alert, by the Odisha government, in view of the formation of a depression over the north Andaman Sea, which could well turn into a cyclonic storm in the next 72 hours. Chief Minister Naveen …
The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district is scourged by malaria with 30% of its staff down with the fever. This has hit the routine watch and ward, including foot patrolling, in the sanctuary, official sources said. The STR field director Anup Nayak said the sanctuary has 200 field …
BALASORE: With the project under Compensatory Afforestation Management Plan Authority (CAMPA) yet to get off the ground, people affected due to frequent elephant depredation in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts are forced to remain in dark due to frequent power cuts for the protection of jumbos. Sources said though the project …
Normal life in most parts of State was badly affected due to incessant rains being witnessed for past 48 hours. Flood threats also loomed large in some coastal as well as northern districts. Heavy rain lashed almost all districts. It battered whole Cuttack district which received an average rainfall of …
To the dismay of the wildlife lovers and all concerned citizens, a project to prevent incidences of electrocution of wild animals, mainly elephants in their corridor in Nilgiri,has failed to take off. Although about four years have elapsed since clearing of the proposal following a joint meeting between the Forest …
With Norwestor giving a ditch to the State so far this season, there seems to be no respite from the blistering sun yet. If the weather office sources are to be believed, any possibility of relief from the prevailing climate is remote till May 6 since there is no sign …
Every year, about hundred animals are rescued by the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities in Mayurbhanj district. A majority of the animals are rescued from villagers, indicating rampant poaching. Official sources said every third day, an animal is rescued. "We rescue animals like sambar, spotted deer, wild boar and elephant …
The state government on Saturday roped in a private agency to conduct a "carrying capacity" study of elephants to ensure a sustainable habitat for the jumbos, sources said. The government signed an MoU with Bangalore-based Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF), a private agency, for conducting the study of the habitat …
BHUBANESWAR: The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district has recorded a footfall of nearly 20,000 tourists within two and half months, ever since it opened in mid-November. About 10 foreign nationals visited the reserve. Official expect that by the end of June, when the reserve is closed to tourists, …
