Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024. The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their …
BHUBANESWAR: A crack in a pipeline of the Indian Oil Corporation has caused the death of hundreds of fishes in nearby water bodies, about 1.5 km from company's storage point at Paradip. A two-member team of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) rushed to the spot and assessed the damage …
Industries alone are not to be blamed for water pollution in Orissa. A large dose of contribution comes from agriculture and domestic sectors too. Runoffs from agriculture fields, contaminated with pesticides as well as insecticidal chemicals, have been identified as a major pollutant of water in the State. Though the …
BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar is all set to have better sanitation by March 2011. At present, the City fares poorly in the sanitation index due to open defecation, low accessibility of urban poor to toilet, lack of toilet facilities for floating population and solid waste treatment. The civic body has prepared a …
Bhubaneswar: The State Police on Tuesday began investigation into the incident of an important file relating to the multi-crore mining scam going missing from the State Secretariat. A police team from the Capital Police Station recorded statement of D S Jena, an under secretary-rank officer in the department of steel …
BHUBANESWAR: Rural Development Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh today said in the Assembly that the State Government had decided to set up 1,511 drinking water projects in the State during the next five years. To a question from Prashant Kumar Muduli (BJD), the Minister said that till now work on 268 …
The Orissa high court on Tuesday declared the land acquisition for the Vedanta University project at Puri as "illegal" and asked the company to return the acquired land to the concerned people, agencies and the state government. Delivering judgment on a PIL filed by former MLA Uma Ballabh Rath and …
BHUBANESWAR: Denizens of the Capital City spend a whopping ` 50 lakh daily on treatment of water-borne diseases. Sounds incredible? That is what a report of the Urban Development Department says. What
BHUBANESWAR: A Compliance study on smoking at public places of the city claims that 90 per cent parameters required for declaring the Capital a smoke-free environment are met. The study, commissioned by the Health Department and conducted by students of XIM, Bhubaneswar, surveyed 216 identified public places and assessed a …
BHUBANESWAR: Existence of illegal laterite quarries, located tantalisingly close to Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary, have emerged as a serious problem for the protected area (PA) which is a favourite elephant habitat. While there is a growing demand for creation of buffer zones near PAs, the local revenue administration seems to have …
BHUBANESWAR: The wildlife wing of the Forest department has raised concerns over the setting up of 1,000 mw thermal power plant proposed by Tata Power Company at Naraj. Its proximity to critical sites, impact of pollution on them as well as on the wildlife are issues the wildlife wing is …
BHUBANESWAR: Former Congress MLA Umesh Swain on Monday said that the proposed Posco steel plant should be shifted from the present location to a place south of Jatadhari mouth as displacement will be minimum in this case. Addressing mediapersons here, Swain said that the BJD managers who are organising a …
BHUBANESWAR: IT will be difficult for Vedanta to get prospecting licence (PL) or mining lease of any bauxite mines in Orissa in the near future following rejection of stage-I forest clearance from the proposed mining project in Niyamgiri by Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath …
This recent report by Christian Aid based on study across 12 Indian cities explores whether they are ready to withstand climate-related disasters and presents detailed report for these cities including policy implications in relation to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). This study initiates a discourse on urban risk reduction, inclusive …
Complex procedures for obtaining water and sewerage connections in urban areas are some of the impediments towards achieving universal access to the services. There are not many analytical studies undertaken to assess the procedures for obtaining new water and sewerage connections and the time taken for accessing the same. Higher …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa Tuesday confirmed four more deaths due to swine flu, taking the total deaths due to the H1N1 virus in the state since July to 14."All the four were women," an official of the state health control room told IANS.While two deaths were reported from Bhubaneswar, the other two …
Bhubaneswar: Apprehending a possible crop loss in Odisha this year, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the concerned department to make an action plan to combat drought-like situation in the state. The directive of the chief minister came while reviewing precautionary measures on possible flood situation at the State …
BHUBANESWAR: Panic swelled in the Capital City on Thursday as people queued up before hospitals, both private and government, to get vaccination for H1N1 as the Government swung into action to arrange mobilisation of the vaccines. The swine flu has claimed seven lives so far.With five more cases testing positive …
BHUBANESWAR: The MoU signing spree is having its fallout on one vital sector. None, including the State Government, seems to have given a proper thought over this fallout even at the initial stage. As `unquiet
BHUBANESWAR: The Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of Bhubaneswar region is done. It's time for the Detailed Zonal Planning which will get underway soon. The capital region, or the Bhubaneswar Development Plan Area (BDPA) as it is called, has been divided into 14 special zones under CDP. Digital maps of each …
