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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress (OPYC) has warned that it will launch a statewide agitation if the State Government failed to check spread of cholera in the backward district of the State. In a statement, OPYC president Pradip Majhi criticised the State Government for its inaction even though 140 …
This could be the road to another tragic Sariska, albeit of elephants, not tigers. In a span of about 45 days across April-May, at least 10 elephants have been confirmed killed at the Simlipal National Park, a tiger reserve in Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: At least 151 mines continued to be closed in Orissa since last year as they do not have statutory clearances, an official Friday said. The mines located in three districts of Keonjhar, Sundergarh and Mayurbhanj have been closed mostly after state authorities launched a crack down against illegal mining …
A study was conducted by Mayurbhanj Swechhasevi Samukhya (MASS) in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa with the objective to assess the contribution and role of NTFPs and the pattern of NTFP trade in tribal livelihoods.
Debabrata Mohanty A two-member expert committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has started its investigation into the biggest ever poaching of elephants inside Orissa's famous Simlipal Tiger Reserve after two wildlife activists of Mayurbhanj district took off the lid on the incident. Following petitions by wildlife activists to …
On 3 June 2010, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) constituted an independent, two-member team to asses the ground situation at Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa, in the wake of a recent spate of elephant deaths there. The elephant carcasses were first detected in April 2010. Since then, there have …
In orissa more than 100 people died of sunstroke in March and April, according to media reports. The official figure is 17. As relatives of those who died run from pillar to post to claim the Rs 10,000 compensation from the state government, summer in the state has peaked—Talcher in …
The Orissa government has now constituted a five-member committee to verify the records of all the mines in the state. The move comes after Supreme Court
BHUBANESWAR: With unrelenting heatwave in most parts of Orissa, the death roll in the State due to sunstroke rose to 42 today. Five more deaths were reported from districts. While Cuttack , Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj reported one death each and two died of heat stroke in Ganjam. The highest number of …
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day. Three western Orissa towns - Sambalpur, Balangir and Titlagarh - saw the day temperature rising past the 43 degree Celsius while reports of four more sunstroke deaths …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Flood Control Board today approved projects worth Rs 2,850.83 crore to contain floods and create more irrigation potential for the farmers. The projects approved at the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik include the Salandi Sanskara Project, Bramhani-Kelua-Birupa Doab projects and 121 other small projects. …
The mining scam unfolding in Orissa shows companies, big and small, have been illegally extracting ores worth hundreds of crores of rupees for years. The state vigilance department began probing the scam after the opposition highlighted irregularities in mining in July last year. Till date it has registered 11 cases …
BARIPADA: Mayurbhanj, predominantly inhabited by tribals, has bagged Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaratee Act (MGNREGA) excellence award for 2008-09. The district has scripted a success story in the implementation of various schemes taken up in the district under the MGNREGA in 2008-09. Sources said Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts have …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO The authorities of the famous Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district have pressed into service three domesticated elephants to keep a watch on the movement of a herd of rouge jumbos, which has been causing depredations at some villages in the locality. The captive elephants …
BHUBANESWAR: Members of the panel constituted by the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on industrialisation and multi-crore mining scam would visit Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts to make an on-the-spot assessment of illegal mining activities. A decision to this effect was taken at the first meeting of the committee chaired by …
While the issue of crop diversification for better returns has always topped the agenda of agriculture experts, horticultural crops, especially for high and waste lands, have shown new promise with good returns. Paddy being the major crop for all land types in the State, the recent drought-like situation has given …
Water quality in and around an industrial town in Mayurbhanj district was monitored for three years by taking samples from different water abstraction structures in both pre and post monsoon periods. The present paper deals with a case study of point source water pollution due to industrial activity at Kalma …
