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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Over a million people in at least 19 districts of Orissa have been hit by flood in the Mahanadi river systems which, with increased volume of water reaching the deltaic head of the State by Saturday night, was set to grip more and more areas in the downstream coastal …
A report from a sample survey of the functioning of the public distribution system in 12 villages in two districts in Orissa, a state usually associated with a poor PDS. While there are errors in exclusion and inclusion of households covered, there has been a vast improvement in operation of …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set 2013 deadline for completing the drinking water projects in the four fluoride-hit districts. In several pockets of Angul, Nuapada, Balasore and Nayagarh districts, fluorosis has taken a toll on the local population necessitating the pipe-water projects by the Government. In Angul, Nayagarh and Balasore, …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Monday geared up its machinery to tackle drought-like situation in more than 30 blocks in eight districts. Scanty rainfall has affected kharif crop in some pockets of 15 districts in the State while the situation is alarming in the 30 blocks, according to preliminary reports …
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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government has set an ambitious target to improve the condition of 10 lakh hectares of agricultural land through watershed management programmes for sustainable livelihood in rainfed areas. The target will be achieved in next five years. The Government claimed to have taken drought-proofing measures over an area of …
Bhubaneswar Bindhani has not heard of a UNDP Human Development Report Paper, ‘Migration and Human Development’. It is quite likely the authors of the 2009 report did not take note of the fortunes of this resident of Nuagaon village in Odisha’s Nuapada district when they wrote, “migration fosters development of …
The Naveen Patnaik Government has made a major course correction in its populist scheme. The rice Rs. 2-a-kg scheme would no longer include a privilege section - the above poverty line (APL) families in the backward KBK region. The privilege section enjoying the largesse included income tax payers, members of …
The Kalahandi Bolangir Koraput (KBK) region of western Odisha is home to people who are among the poorest in India. The local environment can be difficult to live in as rainfall is irregular leading to intermittent crop failures, and there is often a shortage of safe drinking water. The health …
Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the area. "That the Maoists are roaming freely inside the sanctuary area was alleged by forest personnel, who boycotted the tiger …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo A SACK OF sorrow has settled on their shaky slim shoulders at an age when they should be spinning around with arms out in their yard. A spurt of desolation has imprisoned them in their murky home when they could be fooling about with their friends in …
NUAPADA: Thirteen buffaloes and over 30 goats have died in Bantapur village under Khasbahal gram panchayat in Khariar block over last one week. Villagers said drying up of the two water bodies in the village besides failure of tube wells to discharge water resulted in the deaths. Reports said the …
BHUBANESWAR: After industrial boom, Western Orissa is all set to experience another revolution. Aquaculture, which has earlier been the mainstay of the coastal and central districts, is going to transform livelihood options of the poor and marginal sections in the interior pockets. Thanks to the efforts of Western Orissa Rural …
This study includes a socio-economic profile of the Paharia community of Nuapada district and the adjoining areas of Orissa with an analysis of their human, financial, social, physical and natural capitalbase and specific vulnerabilities. A sample of 24 out of a total 79 Paharia villages in Nuapada district was selected …
with the first spell of monsoon in mid-June people in Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Sambalpur districts in Orissa experienced something they had never seen before: a grayish layer on leaves, vehicles and elsewhere.
Water has pivotal role for the survivality of the mankind. The hydrobiological cycle stores about 0.6% of water as ground water. The ground water level increase by percolation which is extensively used for biodrinking and irrigation. The pesticide in the chemical element causes artificial and natural ground water pollution. Subarnapur …
